Minos, according to tradition, was the first person to organize a navy. He controlled the greater part of what is now called the Hellenic Sea [Aegean Sea]; he ruled over the Cyclades, in most of which he founded the first colonies, putting his sons in as governors after having driven out the Carians. And it is reasonable to suppose that he did his best to put down piracy in order to secure his own revenues.[1]
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War (circa
431-411 BC)
[1]
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, tr. Rex Warner (New York:
Penguin, 1972), p. 37 [I.4].
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