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Definition of Triremes
1. trireme [n] - See also: trireme
Lexicographical Neighbors of Triremes
Literary usage of Triremes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times by Edward Augustus Freeman (1892)
"... at sea with forty triremes. A naval attack was exactly what the Syracusans
had no fear of. The Carthaginians had for some while left the sea completely ..."
2. The Great Persian War and Its Preliminaries: A Study of the Evidence by George Beardoe Grundy (1901)
"The fleet which the Greeks despatched to Artemisium was a large one, composed of
the following contingents:— H. viii. i. Athenians, 127 triremes, part of ..."
3. A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close of the Generation by George Grote (1862)
"And whether the triremes were carrying sacred ornaments or not, it is certain
that they were coming to take part in the war, and were therefore legitimate ..."
4. History of Greece by George Grote (1852)
"... there was not a man who did not hasten at a run to take his place aboard ."
The ten Syracusan triremes, afier their voyage across from the ..."
5. A history of Greece by George William Cox (1874)
"English fleets are provided with the means of rescue and help in some fair
proportion to their awful powers for destruction ; the ancient triremes had no ..."
6. A General History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Death of by George William Cox (1876)
"... thirty-seven triremes, including threo ships from each of the divisions
commanded by the eight general?, should go to the help of the disabled vessels ..."
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