

They all fear this bench and they all fear the plank along which unfortunate slaves who cannot row fast enough are thrown to the sharks… The punishment bench has wooden phalluses set into it that penetrate their young vaginas and anuses…

These two are the favourites of the master of the ship, but there is little honour in being a favourite. The galley is a microcosm of horror and suffering for the prisoners, especially for those chained to the cruel punishment bench at the prow. Then they are fed or punished at the whim of the overseers… The slaves do exhausting twenty hours shifts. They are naked, their buttocks straining against the hard wooden benches… There is panic in their eyes as they struggle to keep up with the relentless rhythm of the drum.

Two female slaves per oar are rowing till they drop with exhaustion… Two lines of slaves, rowing under the whip, are chained to the bilge of the galley.
