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The Catalogue of Ships ( Ancient Greek: νεῶν κατάλογος, neōn katálogos) is an epic catalogue in Book 2 of Homer 's Iliad (2.494–759), which lists the contingents of the Achaean army that sailed to Troy. [ 1] The catalogue gives the names of the leaders of each contingent, lists the settlements in the kingdom represented by the ...
The Greek trireme was the most common ship of the ancient Mediterranean world, employing the propulsion power of oarsmen. Mediterranean peoples developed lighthouse technology and built large fire-based lighthouses, most notably the Lighthouse of Alexandria , built in the 3rd century BC (between 285 and 247 BC) on the island of Pharos in ...
Syracusia as imagined in 1671. Syracusia ( Greek: Συρακουσία, syrakousía, literally "of Syracuse ") was an ancient Greek ship sometimes claimed to be the largest transport ship of antiquity. [ 1] She was reportedly too big for any port in Sicily, and thus only sailed once from Syracuse in Sicily to Alexandria in the Ptolemaic Kingdom ...
Pages in category "Ships of ancient Greece". The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In Greek mythology, the Argo ( / ˈɑːrɡoʊ / AR-goh; Ancient Greek: Ἀργώ, romanized : Argṓ) was the ship of Jason and the Argonauts. The ship was built with divine aid, and some ancient sources describe her as the first ship to sail the seas. The Argo carried the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece from Iolcos to Colchis.
“This will change our understanding of shipbuilding and seafaring in the ancient world.” This Newly Discovered 2,400-Year-Old Greek Ship Is the Oldest Shipwreck Ever Found Intact Skip to main ...
Tessarakonteres ( Greek: τεσσαρακοντήρης, "forty-rowed"), or simply " forty ", was a very large catamaran galley reportedly built in the Hellenistic period by Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt. It was described by a number of ancient sources, including a lost work by Callixenus of Rhodes and surviving texts by Athenaeus and Plutarch.
Hellenistic-era warships. The famous 2nd century BC Nike of Samothrace, standing atop the prow of an oared warship, most probably a trihemiolia. From the 4th century BC on, new types of oared warships appeared in the Mediterranean Sea, superseding the trireme and transforming naval warfare. Ships became increasingly large and heavy, including ...