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Ancient Greek Ships - Part 2

Stories: In his time, as Hesiod says, """Work was a shame to none," nor was any distinction made with respect to trade, but merchandise was a noble calling, which brought home the good things which the barbarous nations enjoyed, was the occasion of friendship with their kings, and a great source of experience. Some merchants have built great cities...

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Pentekoter

Before the invention of the trireme the standard warship was a single-banked ship with a crew of 50 rowers (25 a side), called a pentekonter......

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War Ships of the Greeks

Ancient Ships: The Ship of Antiquity "" War Ships of the Greeks Legend has it, that for ten long years the Greeks laid siege to the ancient city of Troy but could not take it. Then one night they sailed away leaving only a large Wooden Horse. Thinking that the Greeks had given up and returned home the Trojans took what they thought was a large ido...

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Greek Warships - History for Kids

People called the earliest Greek warships pentekontors. Pentekontors were long, narrow ships, designed to go fast so they could overtake other ships and attack them. They had 25 rowers, or oarsmen, on each side. By the 500's BC, in the Archaic period, though, Greek carpenters were building even faster ships. These new ships had more oars, and more ...

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Trireme Olympias of the Hellenic Navy (Replica)

The Trireme Olympias is a replica of an ancient warship of the 5th century BC that served in the Hellenic Navy. This reconstruction was based on historical and archaeological evidence, aiming to revive the experience of rowing a trireme, the dominant warship of the Mediterranean at that time. Olympias was built in the 1980s by skilled craftsmen an...

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The Internet Classics Archive

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Greek Merchant Ship 300 B.C.

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Bireme

To increase momentum meant more rowers, to reduce extra size and weight meant putting oars and oarsmen over one another. This leads to the bireme (or dieres) (probably introduced by the Erythraeans)....

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Ancient Greek Ships

Ancient Greek ships were a crucial part of the civilization's history and played a significant role in their maritime trade and military conquests. These ships were marvels of engineering for their time, allowing the Greeks to establish dominance in the Mediterranean Sea. One of the most famous ancient Greek ships is the trireme, a warship with th...

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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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