The voyage of leucippe and clitophon: A new interpretation

Deborah Cvikel; Yaacov Kabanov; Baruch Rosen; Hadas Saaroni; Ehud Galili

doi:10.1080/00253359.2014.962265

The voyage of leucippe and clitophon: A new interpretation

Deborah Cvikel, Yaacov Kabanov, Baruch Rosen, Hadas Saaroni, Ehud Galili

Department of Maritime Civilizations

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Abstract

As told in a novel of the second century ad, the couple Leucippe and Clitophon boarded a ship sailing from Beirut to Alexandria. The ship, apparently a 2O-metre-long coaster, set out on a SW course, driven by an easterly wind. On the third day the wind shifted abruptly to the southwest, and the sea rose. Despite the efforts to tack, balance the ship and make way to windward, she was wrecked near Pelusium in Egypt. The weather phenomenon described is explained by a change of synoptic conditions, typical to the region, most probably in a transitional season, spring or autumn. The suggested course and distances made by the ship differ from a previous analysis of this voyage by Jean Rouge in 1978.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	388-404
Number of pages	17
Journal	Mariner's Mirror
Volume	100
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00253359.2014.962265
State	Published - 1 Nov 2014

Keywords

Achilles tatius
Cyprus low
Eastern mediterranean
Leucippe and clitophon
North african (sharav) low
Pelusium
Red sea trough
Shipwreck

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oceanography
History

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