Thucydides says that according to tradition there were about 1200 ships, and that the Boeotian ships had 120 men, while Philoctetes' ships only had the fifty rowers, these probably being maximum and minimum.
Thucididi thotë që sipas traditës ka qenë rreth 1200 anije, dhe që Boeotian anijet kishte 120 burra, ndërsa Philoctetes' anijet kishin vetëm pesëdhjetë rowers, këto ndoshta duke qenë maksimale dhe minimale.