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http://australia.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=9786&x=1
The inhabitants of Phokaia are quite clear that their ancestors came from places far to the east, arriving in long ornately carved boats propelled by oars and a single sail. Yet the Phokaians possess no boats and had no knowledge of the winds before Greek traders came among them. They say their skill in making boats was taken from them when a great monster arose from the sea...
(Menander, Travels in Zam, Phokaia and the great ocean of the South)