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In any case, by the early 5th century, the trireme was becoming the dominant warship type of the eastern Mediterranean, with minor differences between the "Greek" and "Phoenician" types, as literary references and depictions of the ships on coins make clear.
A trireme of the classical period would have had a crew of 200, including five officers. This would be made up of: trierarchos (τριήρ αρχος " commander of trireme") — the commanding officer, responsible for supporting the ship; kybernetes (κυβερνήτης: κυβερνάω "steer") — executive officer, responsible for the ...
Depiction of the position of the rowers in three different levels (from top: thranitai, zygitai and thalamitai) in a Greek trireme. 19th-century interpretation of the quinquereme's oaring system, with five levels of oars. Far less is known with certainty about the construction and appearance of these ships than about the trireme.
An ancient Greek trireme. Athenian sacred ships were ancient Athenian ships, often triremes, which had special religious functions such as serving in sacred processions (theoria) or embassies or racing in boat races during religious festivals. [1]
The Paralus or Paralos (Greek: Πάραλος, "sea-side"; named after a mythological son of Poseidon), was an Athenian sacred ship and a messenger trireme of the Athenian navy during the late 5th century BC. Its crew were known for their vehement pro-democracy views.
The Salaminia (Greek: Σαλαμινία) was, along with Paralos, one of the two sacred triremes of the Athenian navy during the late 5th century BC. Frequently employed as a messenger ship, it played a notable role in several episodes of the Peloponnesian War.
Indeed, just because a ship was designated with a larger type number did not mean it necessarily had or operated all three possible ranks: the quadrireme may have been a simple evolution of a standard trireme, but with two rowers on the top oar; [10] it may also have been a bireme with two men on each oar; or it may just have had a single rank ...
Ameinocles (Ancient Greek: Ἀμεινοκλῆς; fl. 8th century BCE ) was a Corinthian shipbuilder, who visited Samos about 704 BC, and built four ships for the Samians. [1] Pliny the Elder says that Thucydides mentioned Ameinocles as the inventor of the trireme , [ 2 ] but this is a mistake, for Thucydides merely states that triremes were ...