The Athenian Trireme: The History and Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Warship
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 2, 7/20/2000
EAN 9780521564199, ISBN10: 0521564190
Hardcover, 348 pages, 21.8 x 15.6 x 2.8 cm
Language: English
Shortly before the launch of the reconstructed Greek warship, Olympias, the first edition of The Athenian Trireme was published, providing historical and technical background to the reconstruction of the ship. Since then, five seasons of experimental trials have been conducted on the ship under oar and sail, and the lessons learned have been supplemented by archaeological discoveries and by historical, scientific and physiological research over the last fifteen years. For this second edition, the text has been recast and a number of substantive changes have been made. In addition, there is an additional chapter which describes the trials of Olympias in detail, reports the performance figures, and outlines the changes desirable in any second reconstruction. There are 19 new illustrations, including 11 photographs of Olympias at sea demonstrating features of the design which could be represented only by drawings in the first edition.
Introduction
1. Questions and answers
2. Evolution and supersession of the trieres
3. The Salamis campaign
4. Sybota and the gulf of Corinth
5. Cynossema, Cyzicus and Arginusae
6. Naval movements
7. The men
8. The ships I
9. The ships II
10. The materials
11. The reconstruction
fundamentals of design
12. The reconstruction
main features
13. The Athenian trireme reconstructed
sea trials of Olympias
Appendix I
Fast triereis
Appendix II
The Lenormant relief in projection.