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The Trireme - Part 1

Homer describes in the second book of the Iliad how 1186 Greek ships were used for the transport of the Greek army to Troy or Ilios which was probably derived from Wilusa. The reason for this expedition was not the beautiful Helena but probably to obtain the control of the passage to the black sea from Troy (a city that now is known as Troy VIIa an...

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Trireme

Ancient Greece, wooden sailing boat with two large sails. Jonothan Potter (c) Dorling Kindersley...

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Ancient Greek Boating and Sailing

Ancient Greek Methods of Boating and Sailing by Kenny McMahon and Nick Chadha. Boating and sailing became very important to the Greek way of life. The Greeks needed ways to import and export trade goods both within Greece and to other countries. The mountainous terrain of Greece made sailing the easiest way. Wars also caused countries to learn abou...

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Model of a Greek Trireme

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Ancient Greece - War - The British Museum

An Interactive game made by the British Museum. You will play as the commander of a triremes during the wars with Persia in a huge sea battle near the island of Salamis. The Greek navy won with ships called triremes, let's see how many ships you can ram....

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The Trireme - Part 2

The Crew, Tactics, Stories, Discoveries, References, Links...

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Merchant Vessels and Pleasure Craft

Ancient Ships in Art History: Merchant Vessels and Pleasure Craft of the Greek Islands as Depicted in Ancient Greek Art Merchant Vessels and Pleasure Craft of the 2nd and 1st Millennia BCE as shown in ancient art. At the time when ancient histories were not recorded in the written word it is archeology and art history that give us insight into the...

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Wood model of a Greek Trireme.

Part of the collection of the National Atomic Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico....

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Travel and Transportation in Ancient Greece

It has been suggested that the first ships of Egypt were reed boats. In ancient China ships were modeled after swimming ducks and were even made to look like them. In northern Europe the first ships were modeled after skin boats. But none of these environments provided the motive for building ships that the Aegean did. In that sea were inviting cry...

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