How were five quinquereme rowers grouped?

Did a quinquereme put three rowers on one oar and two on another?

The arrangement favoured here has three oars per group with two, two and one rowers, based on surviving depictions.

The proposed arrangement of three rowers on one oar and two on another is challenged. The favoured reconstruction uses three oars in each group, with two rowers on each of the upper pair and one below. Surviving depictions are used to support that arrangement, although ancient descriptions leave room for interpretation.