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The Athenian Trireme: The History and Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Warship

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Item specifics

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Publication Date
2000-07-20
Edition Number
2
Pages
348
ISBN
9780521564199

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521564190
ISBN-13
9780521564199
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1176213

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Athenian Trireme : the History and Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Warship
Number of Pages
348 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Archaeology, Europe / Greece (See Also Ancient / Greece), General, Ships & Shipbuilding / General
Features
Revised
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Social Science, History
Author
J. S. Morrison, N. B. Rankov, J. F. Coates
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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LCCN
99-053763
Reviews
Reviews of the first edition:'... pulls together all the known theories and evidence concerning the trireme, copiously illustrated and a highly readable account.'The Guardian, Reviews of the first edition: '... pulls together all the known theories and evidence concerning the trireme, copiously illustrated and a highly readable account.' The Guardian, "The new edition of The Athenian Trireme continues the success of the first...the new chapter and the up-dating of some of the material and the bibliography make the new volume a worthwhile effort." Phoenix, "Clearly written and well-organized...Generously illustrated with maps, drawings, and photographs...[it] will fascinate anyone interested in the sea and ships, ancient history, or classical archaelogy." Historian, Reviews of the first edition:‘... pulls together all the known theories and evidence concerning the trireme, copiously illustrated and a highly readable account.’The Guardian
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
623.8/21
Edition Description
Revised edition
Table Of Content
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.
Synopsis
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 new archaeological discoveries and by historical, scientific and physiological research over the past 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 entirely new chapter that describes the trials of Olympias in detail, reports the performance figures, and outlines the changes desirable in any second reconstruction. There are nineteen new illustrations, including eleven photographs of Olympias at sea demonstrating features of the design that could be represented only by drawings in the first edition., 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., For this second edition of The Athenian Trireme, the book giving the technical and historical background to the reconstruction of an ancient Greek warship, a number of substantive changes have been made. An additiona; chapter describes the trials and proposes modifications to the ship's design.
LC Classification Number
VM16 .M66 2000

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