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Triremes - Document 1 B (1) Ship on an Attic Geometric krater found at Thebes (London, British Museum 1899, 0219), Spathari, 1995: 65, fig. 71. The British Museum Research Collection Online Krater:…
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Triremes - Inquiry Unit, Document 1B (2) Oared galley on an Assyrian relief found in the palace of Sennacherib at Kuyunjik. "Fragment of a stone panel from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib." Th…
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“Pericles' Funeral Oration,” in Thucydides (c.460/455-c.399 BCE), Peloponnesian War (Book 2.34-46) Triremes Inquiry Unit “This famous speech was given by the Athenian leader Pericles after…
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Triremes Inquiry Unit – Featured Source 3B “The Decree of Themistocles, also known as the Decree of Troezen, which describes details of the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE. The tablet itself is date…
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Triremes Inquiry Unit Fascinating insight into the life of Themistokles, as told in Plutarch’s Lives, translated from Greek to English, by Aubrey Stewart. It touches on most things addressed in t…
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Model of Seating Arrangement on a Trireme © River & Rowing Museum Triremes Inquiry Unit Object Name model Description Model of the seating arrangement on a trireme. The mechanical model pro…
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Triremes Inquiry Unit A trireme reconstruction, known as 'OLYMPIAS', which was initiated in Greece in 1985 and completed in 1987, as shared by the Hellenic Navy. Visit Source Visit Source Download…
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