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Ancient Ships in Art History

Ancient Ships in Art History: Illustrations of the history of Ancient Greece, the Greek Epic Poems, the Trojan War and Greek History Ancient Ships in art history: Illustrations from Greek Pottery of the History of Ancient Greece, the Greek Epic Poems and the Trojan War. It is fortunate for sake of Greek history that verbal descriptions of Bronze A...

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The stern of Trireme Olympias

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The Olympian Gods

Extensive collection of images and texts concerning the major figures of Greek and Roman mythology....

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Argo and the Argonautic Expedition.

Greek Mythology. The purpose of the Argonautic expedition was to fetch the golden fleece from Colchis (Aea), which lied at the end of the Black sea. The golden fleece belonged to the ram, which Phrixus used to flee from his father, the king of Orchomenos in Boeotia, and his stepmother, when they were preparing to sacrifice him. Phrixus reached the ...

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The Pharos of Alexandria

By Michael Lahanas. Sostratus, the son of Dexiphanes, the Cnidian, dedicated this to the Saviour Gods, on behalf of those who sail the seas. Dedicatory inscription of the Lighthouse, completed around 280-279 BC. The first lighthouse of the World, the "Pharos of Alexandria", lasted for over 1500 years in the harbor of Alexandria. It is one of the 7 ...

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2500 Year Old Greek Ship

2,500-Year-Old Greek Ship Raised off Sicilian Coast Maria Cristina Valsecchi in Rome for National Geographic News August 11, 2008. An ancient Greek ship recently raised off the coast of southern Sicily, Italy, is the biggest and best maintained vessel of its kind ever found, archaeologists say. At a length of nearly 70 feet (21 meters) and a width...

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Greek Ships

The naval Greek history does not have a concrete point of beginning. Roots are lost in depths of centuries of history of human gender. In a geographic space within 150 km. from the sea, the Greeks from the prehistoric years developed societies as a rule coastal. As most of the interior land is mountainous and difficult to farm, Greeks have to explo...

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Model in clay of Trireme exhibited in a Museum of Sparta

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Greek Mythology Link

The Greek Mythology Link is a collection of the Greek myths written online by Carlos Parada....

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Giant Hellenistic Warships

Michael Lahanas. The super-galleys of the Hellenistic Age. Today ships are still very important for the military. Giant US airplane carriers are like small cities. Often they are compared with the small triremes showing the advance in technology. Of course the fire power has increased dramatic the last 2300 years. The small 200 crew triremes cannot...

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