The exhibition's centerpiece will be a replica of an ancient trireme, built at a 1:2 scale using 3D technology. The replica of the ancient Roman ship, measuring 75 feet and weighing approximately ...

Pursued by a trireme she calmly and expertly rammed a friendly ship blocking her exit, and made her escape. Believing her to be an ally, the trireme dropped its pursuit, while Xerxes, believing ...

According to the Ancient Greek historian, Thucydides, it was the Corinthians who first developed the trireme, possibly as early as the 7th century BC. (1.12.4 - 13.2) They in turn based their ...

In antiquity Piraeus was the principal port of ancient Athens, from which its distinctive trireme ships would sail across the Mediterranean Sea. The city's small archaeological museum currently ...