Passage 1.29.1
τοῦ δὲ Ἀρείου πάγου πλησίον δείκνυται ναῦς ποιηθεῖσα ἐς τὴν τῶν Παναθηναίων πομπήν. καὶ ταύτην μὲν ἤδη πού τις ὑπερεβάλετο· τὸ δὲ ἐν Δήλῳ πλοῖον οὐδένα πω νικήσαντα οἶδα, καθῆκον ἐς ἐννέα ἐρέτας ἀπὸ τῶν καταστρωμάτων.
Near the Areopagus there is shown a ship constructed for the procession of the Panathenaia. Someone, I believe, has already made one even larger than this; but as for the ship at Delos, I know of none yet that has surpassed it, as it holds nine banks of rowers from the decks.