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    Trireme

    A Greek warship which was rowed by three banks of rowers on each side. It came into use in the sixth century.

    The slides of triremes listed below are from the Trireme Trust, a joint British-Greek effort to construct an actual trireme in order to learn more about it.

    Illustrations

  • Anchored reconstructed trireme

  • Battering ram with atropaic eyes

  • Full view of ship sailing

  • Hull: View of interior

  • Interior of reconstructed trireme: Rowers

  • Mast

  • Men working on the reconstruction

  • Oars

  • Rower's seat and foot brace

  • Rowers platforms

  • Ship in dry-dock

  • Ship sailing

  • Ship sailing

  • Side of the vessel while sailing

  • Upper deck

  • Upper deck looking down into aisle for row master

  • View of atropaic eyes as ship sails

  • View of the Greek Trireme trial section and rowers




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