Greek Art (Ancient)- General & Miscellaneous, Ships - General, Athens - Ancient History, Ships - Military Vessels, General Ancient History
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Overview
The latest Trireme volume reports on a whole host of aspects of the sea trials and testing of Olympias. Contributors are: S Mc Grail (Experimental Archaeology); John Morrison (Triereis: The evidence from antiquity); John Coates (design of the experimental ship, rigging of oars, carrying troops, beaching); Owain Roberts (Rigging Olympias); Boris Rankov (Rowing Olympias); I Whithead (On 'Better Sailing' qualities, mooring); Timothy Shaw (voyage and speed trials, resistance/speed curve, rowing at sea and astern, steering to ram). Final chapters review the lessons learned and the validity of the sea trials with a look forward to aims for the future.Editorials
Booknews
A compilation of technical reports on an exciting project in experimental archaeology: the building and testing of a full- sized model of a hypothetical Athenian trireme of about 450 B.C. The three level of oars and square sails, often used together, are thought to have developed as a weapon against the endemic piracy that plagued the maritime trading nation. Rigging, voyage and speed trials, rowing, rowing astern, steering to ram, and hauling her up on the beach are among the actions reported. Many of the papers were presented to a September 1991 conference in Oxford, England. Distributed in the US by David Brown Book Co. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
December 1, 1993
Publisher
Oxbow Books
Pages
136
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780946897582