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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;Paralus&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039;&#039; was an Athenian sacred ship and a messenger [[trireme]] of the [[Athens|Athenian]] navy during the late 5th century BC. Its crew were known for their vehement pro-democracy views. It played a notable role in several episodes of the [[Peloponnesian War]].<br /> <br /> The Paralus appears more often in the literary and epigraphical sources for the classical period than any other individual ship;&lt;ref&gt;Jordan, &#039;&#039;Athenian Navy&#039;&#039;, 172&lt;/ref&gt; it carried almost all recorded Athenian diplomatic missions in the 5th and 4th centuries, and it appears that on most of these missions the treasurer (&#039;&#039;tamias&#039;&#039;) of Paralus acted as the chief ambassador.&lt;ref&gt;Jordan, &#039;&#039;Athenian Navy&#039;&#039;, 172&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The crew of the Paralus (the &#039;&#039;Paraloi&#039;&#039;) was known for its exceptionally strong pro-democracy views; its remarkable unity on this matter may indicate that it was composed of the members of a single [[genos]] of the name &#039;&#039;Paraloi&#039;&#039;.&lt;ref&gt;Jordan, &#039;&#039;Athenian Navy&#039;&#039;, 174-5&lt;/ref&gt; This crew was instrumental in preventing an oligarchic coup at [[Samos]] in [[411 BC]]. Upon bringing the news of this event to Athens, however, they found that a successful oligarchic coup had taken place there, and were interned; one crew member, escaping, brought the news of this event to the fleet at Samos, beginning the period of open division between the city and the fleet.<br /> <br /> In [[405 BC]], the Paralus was one of ten ships that escaped from the Athenian disaster at [[Battle of Aegospotami|Aegospotami]] with [[Conon]]; it was then dispatched to inform Athens of the defeat, its arrival setting off a citywide panic.&lt;ref&gt;Xenophon, &#039;&#039;Hellenica&#039;&#039; [[s:Hellenica/Book 2/chapter 2#2:3|2.2.3]]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *Kagan, Donald. &#039;&#039;The Peloponnesian War&#039;&#039; (Penguin Books, 2003). ISBN 0-670-03211-5<br /> *Jordan, Borimir, &#039;&#039;The Athenian Navy in the Classical Period&#039;&#039;. (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1975) ISBN 0-520-09482-4<br /> *Xenophon, &#039;&#039;[[s:Hellenica|Hellenica]]&#039;&#039; <br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> &lt;div class=&quot;references small&quot;&gt;<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> &lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Credit wikipedia}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Peloponnesian War]]<br /> [[Category:Ships of ancient Greece]]</div>

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