The Trireme. The guided missiles of their day, triremes were the key to Athens' greatness in the 5th century BC. According to the Ancient Greek historian, Thucydides, it was the Corinthians who ...

"The Mycenaean ship is the forerunner of the Greek trireme," says Wachsmann. "It's an incredible ship, and we don't have a splinter of it." Greek Trireme.

Visitors board Olympias, a replica of an ancient Greek trireme, to sail in the waters of the Saronic Gulf off Athens' southern coast, on July 12, 2017. ... like the eye decorated at the bronze ram on ...

Model of a Greek trireme. In battle she would dispense with masts and sails. Credit: MatthiasKabel / Wikimedia Commons Twenty-four percent of the names were those of gods and heroes such as Athena, ...

A new museum showcasing thousands of ancient archaeological artefacts found at sea will open next year at the Greek port of ...

The trireme last set sail at the 2004 Athens Olympics, but the IAC said it had already spent €150,000 on refurbishment work so the vessel could be used in London’s opening ceremony.

The minimum impact speed to break a ship with the ram of an ancient trireme is 1.3 knots by Guillermo Carvajal July 20, 2024 July 20, 2024. ... from the University of Ioannina working for decades at ...