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What is a trierarch?

What is a trierarch? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (nautical) The captain of a trireme.
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There, he was a trierarch in the Athenian relief fleet sent out to assist the admiral Conon, who was blockaded at Mytilene.
Samian democrats learned of the conspiracy and notified four prominent Athenians: the generals Leon and Diomedon, the trierarch Thrasybulus, and Thrasyllus, at that time a hoplite in the ranks.
At the period of which we treat each vessel had one trierarch.
In the next year, however, he did sail as a trierarch in the scratch Athenian relief fleet sent out to relieve Conon, who had been blockaded with 40 triremes at Mytilene by Callicratidas.
So did not think the trierarch and the centurion on board the trireme.
The trierarch took the eagle and went and stood by the body of Lentulus.

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