| 单词 | trireme |
| 例句 | He just kept thinking: Don't look at me, and hoped the Romans below would fail to notice the giant bronze trireme descending on their city in the middle of morning rush hour. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “And we need to get rid of this pirate trireme.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “That trireme is not a ship of peace!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The last thing they needed as they flew a magical Greek trireme into a potentially hostile Roman camp was a middle-aged satyr in gym clothes waving a club and yelling “Die!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A Greek trireme patrolled just offshore, but it didn’t seem to have noticed their arrival. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z For a trireme, the ship was huge, but it still felt cozy to Percy—like his dorm building back at Yancy Academy, or any of the other boarding schools he’d gotten kicked out of. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z By then it was almost noon, getting really hot, and Percy was starting to wish he had a trireme filled with Diet Coke. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She imagined the Athena Parthenos jutting from their trireme with a sign across her pedestal that read: wide load. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The Athena and Demeter teams were having a chariot race around the track, and over at the canoe lake some kids in a Greek trireme were fighting a large orange sea serpent. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The Argo II was designed like an ancient trireme, only twice as big. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A Greek trireme bobbed lazily in the morning tide. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Percy threw the golden mask aboard the vessel, which was now sinking even faster, brown fizzy liquid spewing out the trireme’s oar slots and bubbling from the cargo hold, turning the sea frothy brown. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z None of them looked surprised to see an Ancient Greek trireme. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z No one seemed to notice the huge Greek trireme rising into the sky. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the distance, Greek triremes floated on Long Island Sound, prepped for war. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He scanned the slips for some sort of magic vessel—a trireme, maybe, or a dragon-headed warship like he’d seen in his dreams. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z This vista was once awash in Roman triremes and Carthaginian blood. T Magazine: Stone Soul Picnic 2011-05-20T16:28:24Z You get the sense that, were he sent to review an Olive Garden, he would remark, in his opening paragraph, that the bread sticks reminded him of the oars on a trireme. A Father and Son Sail Through Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ Together 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z New technologies of destruction have appeared throughout history, from the trireme and gunpowder in past centuries to biological and nuclear weapons in more modern times. Cyberwarfare — the Latest Technology of Destruction 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Greek triremes sank his ships at Salamis, and Xerxes fled back across the Hellespont, abandoning his army to destruction. ‘On Grand Strategy’ Review: The War Against Decline and Fall 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z The work of political philosophy belongs to, yes, the candidates, but mainly the nerds of academia, think tanks and journalists, pulling their oars on the triremes of policy. Scott takes the lead 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z Visitors do all the rowing on the Olympias’ two-hour-long public trips, conducted near Salamis island where, in 480 B.C., outnumbered Athenian triremes vanquished a Persian armada in one of the world’s most famous sea engagements. Ancient mariners: Greek navy offers taste of life in galleys 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Or enough anachronisms to sink a Roman trireme. ‘Britannia’ Review: Blood-Soaked Drama, but Is It Bingeable? 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Unlike the famous Greek and Roman warships known as triremes, the smaller merchant ships derived power primarily from sails rather than banks of rowers. Stunned Archaeologists Find 22 Ancient Greek Shipwrecks 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z That throws into question whether they were really triremes, with three decks of oarsmen, as a ship so tall would be unstable. First Armor From Carthage, Rome's Great Rival, Found Off Sicily 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z Her people were expert ship-builders, and claimed the invention of the trireme, or galley with three tiers of oars. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z “We just aim to get people to know the trireme and have fun.” Ancient mariners: Greek navy offers taste of life in galleys 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z At this point Sparta was roused to a sense of the significance of the new confederacy, and the Athenian corn supply was threatened by a Spartan fleet of sixty triremes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z Twenty years after the subjugation it could once more equip and man 60 triremes. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z In the art of war the two innovations which were ultimately to establish the military supremacy of Greece, hoplite tactics and the trireme, had already been introduced. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z Greek and Roman triremes, Alexandrian wheat ships, and Viking galleys, had made wonderful voyages, and they all carried sail, but they set it only when the wind was fair. The Boy Ranchers of Puget Sound 2011-11-24T03:00:42.877Z The other came by a Roman courier, who had landed an hour before from one of the swift-going triremes which had left Ravenna three days later than the passenger boat that had brought Marsyas' tidings. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z If such stories should get to be believed, that accursed Demosthenes will be forcing me to fit out a trireme for some of his wild schemes. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z As he was a man of importance among the auxiliary troops, and most accurately acquainted with Egypt, Amasis was anxious to take him, and sent his most trusty eunuch after him in a trireme. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z When Athens was at the zenith of her glory, the principal war vessel was the "trireme," a ship with three rows of oarsmen to the side, each rising above another. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The merchant trireme glided away over a smooth sea; and the travellers on the deck waved farewell to Uncle Catullus, who stood on the prow and waved back. The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt 2011-09-23T02:00:23.040Z What century witnessed the birth of the trireme is not certain, but probably by 800 b.c. the earliest vessels of this description had been launched. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Presently, through the entrance of the harbor, the trireme could be seen, making for the opening between the sea-walls, over which the waves were dashing in spurts of white spray. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z To those who were shut up in Memphis Cambyses sent a Persian herald in a trireme, to summon them to surrender. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z O, make my soul an argosy of song, Tranquilly floating on a sea of peace, As with her rowers beautiful and strong Some trireme bears among the Isles of Greece With music-muffled oars! Vacation Verse 2011-09-11T02:00:09.897Z Where the Nile is an amber bow She dreamed and waited for me Coming down in my trireme of war, Enslaved at her smile! The Piper and the Reed 2011-09-10T02:00:23.967Z The problem of construction of the trireme, and of the method of its propulsion, has exercised the ingenuity of scholars ever since the revival of letters. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The pilot gave a sharp command, the oars churned backward in the water, and the long trireme swung into her mooring. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Under the aegis of Themistocles, Athens built up a navy of over 300 triremes, or warships, and employed a canny sleight of hand. Goal: Wenger at Salamis 2011-08-31T20:56:34Z And from quadriremes down to light half-decked triremes, for purposes of war, he had twice as many as all these put together. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z At the battle of Salamis, two centuries before, the leading battleships had only been triremes with three banks. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The trireme appears to have had three masts. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z An old transport, that had been used for carrying horses, emerged clumsily from the Sidonian Harbor, towed between two triremes. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Turning his attention to the growing maritime power of Athens, Epaminondas next equipped a fleet of 100 triremes, and during a cruise to the Propontis detached several states from the Athenian confederacy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z And Pherecrates, or Strattis, in his Good Men— How sparingly you eat, who in one day Swallow the food of an entire trireme. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Its borders have changed, but it is the same inclosed port that sheltered those early galleys and triremes of commerce and of war. The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age 2011-01-27T03:00:39.880Z In describing the trireme it will be convenient to deal first with the disposition of the rowers and subsequently with the construction of the vessel itself. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The triremes cast off, and she swam straight for the northern tower. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The vessels in those old days were called triremes, being propelled by rowers who sat at their oars in three tiers, or banks, which gave the name to the craft. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z For I know that there is some part of a trireme which is called epinomis, as Apollonius states in his treatise on what relates to Triremes. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The galley-slips around Zea were roofed by a row of gables supported by stone columns, each gable sheltering two triremes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" This is exactly borne out by the proportions of an Attic aphract trireme, as shown on a fragment of a bas-relief found in the Acropolis. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Suddenly they found themselves wedged in before a double line of soldiers drawn up before the gangway of a trireme, the sides of which loomed dark above their heads. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Pausanias goes in his own trireme to Byzantium, and there meditates treason. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 The rowing or paddling space is about 63 ft. and the number of thwarts 27, thus giving exactly the same number of rowers as that of the Zygites in the Greek trireme. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" It took the old Greeks forty days to go the length of the Mediterranean Sea in their swiftest triremes. The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity Thus in a trireme the thranite, or oarsman of the highest bank, was nearest the stern of the set of three to which he belonged. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z "We are on the Phœnician trireme, bound, I suppose, for Tyre," Thais answered bitterly. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z After the death of Cambyses, his successor Xerxes collected a fleet which is stated to have numbered 4,200 vessels, of which 1,200 were triremes. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Her father she first apprehended as a pair of legs forming a gigantic archway, vast as the Colossus of Rhodes must have loomed to the triremes of the Confederacy. Carnival The first Greek triremes were certainly built here. The Bible Story The Attic trireme was built light for speed and for ramming purposes. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z The trireme pointed her brazen beak toward the entrance of the harbor. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The oars in the upper banks of Athenian triremes are known to have been about 14 ft. in length. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships A few of our triremes, sent from Carthage, were sufficient to capture the one hundred and fifty galleys which were occupied only by sailors; not a single spear flew. The Scarlet Banner At the same time a third fleet of triremes, equipped by this indefatigable King and commanded by Earl Haduswinth, sailed for Corsica and Sardinia. A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 All the Attic triremes appear to have been built upon the same model, and their gear was interchangeable. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z In his ears sounded the tumult of the attack upon the two harbors, where the Macedonian triremes were seeking to break the barriers of chains. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The Egyptians and Phœnicians both built triremes as early as 600 b.c., but this class of vessel was quite the exception in the Greek fleets which fought at Salamis 120 years later. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Two of his ships were sent to the bottom by the pointed prows of the triremes; his own and one other. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) One morning Pomponius suddenly disappeared from the harbour with his three triremes. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 The crew of the Attic trireme consisted of from 200 to 225 men in all. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z In the stern of the trireme sat Mena, gazing thoughtfully back at the city and wiping the stains from the blade of his dagger. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Now, as it appears further on, the maximum number of oars in any tier in a trireme was 62 in the top bank, which gives 31 a side. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships To his great joy the four triremes from Sicily just then appeared in the offing. A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) It is a witty coincidence that the trireme which brought me here bears the name of Nemesis. A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 Such, we may believe, was the trireme of the palmy days of Athens. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Azemilcus, king of Tyre, who had been acting with the fleet, made ready a trireme in which to send home the wounded among the Tyrians. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z The very word "trireme" came to signify a warship, without reference to the number of banks of oars. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Nor was there a ship sailing the seas that a Phoenician trireme might not have overhauled. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" For the city at the mouth of the Sarno was an ancient Campanian settlement, founded long before the days wherein Greek adventurers beached their triremes on the shores of the Siren. The Naples Riviera The principles of construction in these larger vessels seem to have been the same as in the trireme. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z Thais recovered her senses to find herself seated upon the deck of the trireme, with Artemisia's head in her lap. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z We have, moreover, a direct proof of the size of the longest oars used in triremes, for the inventories of the Athenian dockyards expressly state that they were 9½ cubits, or 13 ft. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships As planned, the canal was to be ten feet deep with a width sufficient for two triremes to pass abreast, and it was expected that the voyage would be accomplished in four days. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The people crowded to the water’s edge when the great trireme cast off her pinnace and a well-known figure stepped therein. A Victor of Salamis These various works, absorbed much of the Athenian force and capital, yet enough remained to build annually twenty new triremes—equivalent to our modern ships of the line. Ancient States and Empires And so the Captain was evidently traveling back into the great trireme question when they reached the gate. Tom Brown at Oxford Now, the number 300 can be obtained by adding two banks of respectively 64 and 62 rowers to the 172 of the trireme. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships Then the triremes followed with their treble banks of oars, and one among the last of those great ships was greatest. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus The triremes drawn on shore went down into the sea on their rollers. A Victor of Salamis The Greek fleet, assembled at Artemisium, was composed of two hundred and seventy-one triremes and nine penteconters, commanded by Themistocles, but furnished by the different States. Ancient States and Empires It has always been a great puzzle to me how those triremes could have been worked. Tom Brown at Oxford This, however, was not the case, for it has been conclusively proved that, in the Greek galleys, up to the class of triremes, at any rate, there was only one man to each oar. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships While Xenophon was exerting himself to procure transports for the passage of the army at Perinthus, Aristarchus, the new governor, arrived there with two triremes from Byzantium. The Two Great Retreats of History On the sloping beach gathered the officers and the armoured marines,—eighteen from each trireme,—and heard one stirring harangue after another. A Victor of Salamis The treasury was full, and triremes had accumulated in the harbor. Ancient States and Empires "Now my notion about triremes—" began the Captain, holding the head of his stick with both hands, and looking across at Tom. Tom Brown at Oxford In the case of the Athenian triremes, this angle must have been about 23.5°. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships You have here a city—you have triremes—you have money—you have plenty of soldiers. The Two Great Retreats of History The word ran in whispers down the benches, and every soul on the trireme rejoiced. A Victor of Salamis The Athenians rallied at Samos, which remained faithful, and still controlled one hundred and twenty-eight triremes at this island. Ancient States and Empires I don't say that Jack's is not a good opinion on most things, Mr. Brown," said the Captain; "but he is all at sea about triremes. Tom Brown at Oxford The breadth of a trireme at the water-line, amidships, was about 14 ft., perhaps increasing somewhat higher up, the sides tumbled home above the greatest width. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships After an interchange of presents with the soldiers, he then departed with his two triremes. The Two Great Retreats of History With his rising the southern breeze sang ever clearer, making the narrow channel betwixt Salamis and Attica white, and tossing each trireme merrily. A Victor of Salamis They agreed to allow him to depart with five triremes, and relaxed the siege, supposing him already subdued. Ancient States and Empires "We were talking about triremes," said Tom; "Captain Hardy thinks the oars must have been twenty feet long." Tom Brown at Oxford When Nekau abandoned the construction of the canal he built two fleets of triremes, one for use in the Mediterranean, and the other for the Red Sea. Ancient and Modern Ships. Part 1. Wooden Sailing Ships The Council also superintends the triremes that are already in existence, with their tackle and sheds, and builds new triremes or quadriremes, whichever the Assembly votes, with tackle and sheds to match. The Athenian Constitution The trireme behind was manning her other banks and drawing down apace. A Victor of Salamis The docks of Syracuse were filled with workmen, and two hundred triremes were added to the one hundred and ten which already were housed in the docks. Ancient States and Empires "Not with triremes, do you think, sir?" said Tom. Tom Brown at Oxford The second bank of rowers in an ancient trireme. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. For the building of the triremes it appoints ten commissioners, chosen from its own members. The Athenian Constitution The thranites of the upper oar bank were alone on the benches, and stroking the great trireme along to a singsong chant about Amphitrite and the Tritons. A Victor of Salamis Cimon was allowed to equip a fleet of two hundred triremes and set sail to Cyprus, where he died. Ancient States and Empires He took, therefore, a special trireme, sacred to the goddesses Demeter and Persephone, both of whom were to accompany him. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The canal which Xerxes was to cut across the neck of this peninsula was to be wide enough for two triremes to pass each other. Xerxes Makers of History If only some contemporary had done the same by the trireme, what time and disputation might have been saved! From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life The monotonous “beat,” “beat” of the keleustes’s hammer, and the creaking of the oars in their leathered holes alone broke the stillness that reigned through the length of the trireme. A Victor of Salamis It consisted of one hundred triremes, with a large body of hoplites. Ancient States and Empires In the end he only got together seven triremes and one thousand men,—the most of them mere mercenaries. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The arrival of this trireme was thus of very essential service to the Greeks. Xerxes Makers of History They captured or sank several of the Spartan triremes. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima They glided past the scores of black triremes swinging lazily at anchor. A Victor of Salamis The trireme was the largest ship of war which for three hundred years had sailed in the Grecian or Mediterranean waters. Ancient States and Empires While at sea this sacred trireme was illumined by a light from heaven, while a burning torch on high seemed to guide the fleet to a safe harbor. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Vessels pass beneath, and pleasure-boats inlaid with ivory, gondolas covered with awnings, triremes and biremes, all kinds of shipping, move up and down or remain at anchor along the quays. The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul He had a trireme constructed and tried upon the Seine. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima “Here’s a tooth for the Persian king!” he was laughing, when a second skiff, rounding the trireme in an opposite direction, collided abruptly. A Victor of Salamis But Dionysius constructed triremes with five banks of oars, and had a navy vastly superior to what Athens ever possessed. Ancient States and Empires The seamen were as eager as those of the former trireme had been despondent. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality As a rule the trireme was beached at night, with the crew sleeping on shore, and as far as possible the meals were cooked and eaten on shore. A History of Sea Power When he saw the galley of Antony following it, he guessed who was on board, and detached a few of his triremes in pursuit. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima A few comments on the use of the light penteconters behind the heavy triremes. A Victor of Salamis A resolution was passed to equip twenty thousand hoplites, five hundred horsemen, and two hundred triremes. Ancient States and Empires Fortunately, the rowers of the first trireme had no spirit for their work. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality But control of the seas for trade involved control of the seas for war, and behind the merchantman stood the trireme. A History of Sea Power Like the triremes of the Mediterranean, the "Serpents," "Dragons," and "Cranes" of the northern seas used only the oars in battle, and the King gave the order which meant fighting. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima The crews of scores of triremes saw him. A Victor of Salamis Athens had soon three hundred triremes fit for service, twelve hundred horsemen, sixteen hundred bowmen, and twenty-nine thousand hoplites. Ancient States and Empires While their crews fought vigorously with spear and javelin, other ships from both sides dashed to their aid, and soon numbers of the war triremes were fiercely engaged. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The complement of a trireme amounted to about 200 men. A History of Sea Power Its hundred triremes could disembark some twenty thousand men, for arms were provided even for the rowers. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima Two stadia, one stadium, half a stadium, a ship’s length, the triremes were charging prow to prow, rushing on a common death, when Ameinias clapped a whistle to his lips and blew shrilly. A Victor of Salamis One hundred and seventy triremes were thus ingloriously captured, without the loss of a man—the greatest calamity which had happened to Athens since the beginning of the war, and decisive as to its result. Ancient States and Empires On the coast of Asia Minor a great fleet, numbering six hundred armed triremes and many transports for men and horses, was prepared. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The Corinthian Page 43 triremes, having no headway and manned by inexperienced rowers, began crowding back on one another as they tried to keep in position for the expected attack. A History of Sea Power A fleet of 110 triremes, under the admirals Leotychides and Xantippus, sailed across the Archipelago in search of the Persian fleet. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima The governor sent the head of the trireme around with a grim smile locked about his grizzled lips. A Victor of Salamis Then Cleander, Spartan governor of Byzantium, arrived with two triremes, who promised to conduct the army, and took command of it, but subsequently threw up his command from the unpropitious sacrifices. Ancient States and Empires An army of seventy thousand men landed on the western corner of the island, brought thither by a fleet of two hundred triremes and one thousand transports. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The Athenian trireme was about 150 feet in length with a beam of 20 feet. A History of Sea Power A trireme of the days of the Persian War with fifty or sixty oars would thus have a crew of 150 or 180 rowers. Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima A tall trireme was bearing down on them in full charge even while the Nausicaä drifted. A Victor of Salamis Before unloading our triremes of wheat, let the fact be stated that laws aimed at individuals are apt to prove boomerangs. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 7 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Orators The trireme bearing the fatal order had left port twenty-four hours before. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The forward part of the trireme was constructed with a view to effectiveness in ramming. A History of Sea Power The ordinary war-ships were triremes, or had three banks of oars. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 The trireme flew past them, her oars leaping madly, her people too intent on escape even to give a flight of javelins. A Victor of Salamis In fancy he could see the Roman galleys, the fighting triremes, the canopied pleasure-craft, just as they were two thousand years ago. The Lure of the Mask A second trireme was got ready with all haste, and amply provisioned by the envoys from Mitylene then in Athens, those envoys promising large rewards to the crew if they should arrive in time. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Their own future and the future of Athenian civilization hung on the long lines of triremes drawn up on the shore. A History of Sea Power We hear of ships with three ranks of rowers, called triremes, B.C. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 The king will have twelve hundred war triremes, besides countless transports. A Victor of Salamis It consisted of a hundred and thirty-four triremes in all, besides two Rhodian vessels of fifty oars. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece Across the sea rushed the trireme, with such speed as trireme never made before nor since. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality At this point, just opposite the peninsula of Salamis, the straits are only about 2000 yards wide, making it impossible for more than 80 or 90 triremes to advance abreast. A History of Sea Power The triremes were fitted with two masts, and so were even smaller vessels; the larger had three masts, the largest of which was nearest the stern. How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 Men wrought at the oar butts, tugging like mad, their backs toward the foe, conscious only that duty bade them send the trireme across the waves as a stone whirls from the sling. A Victor of Salamis So they at once began to close the mouth of the Great Harbor, which was about a mile wide, by means of triremes, merchant-vessels, and small boats, placed broadside, which they moored there. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece They voted death to all Mitylenians old enough to bear arms, and a trireme was sent to Lesbos, bearing orders to the Athenian admiral to carry this tragical decision into effect. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality To increase the driving force and the speed, they added a second and then a third bank of oars, thus producing the "bireme" and the "trireme." A History of Sea Power This is the fo’c’sle whose great, great, great grandmother was the lower deck of the trireme where slaves chained to benches laboured till they died, just as they labour to-day. The Beach of Dreams The trireme rounded the last promontory; the bay grew wider; the prow was set more to westward. A Victor of Salamis Since we are so fond of the classic, why not have chariots for carriages, and triremes instead of gunboats and steamers? The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 Even the captain and seamen of the trireme that was sent with the order to Mitylene left the port with heavy hearts, and would have gladly welcomed a recall. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The triremes carried two sails, usually made of linen, a larger one used in cruising and a smaller one for emergency in battle. A History of Sea Power A vessel comes round the promontory; it is not a trireme of old Rome, nor the "fair and stately galley" Count Arnaldus hailed with its seamen singing the mystery of the sea. Nature Near London The blades shot faster, faster, as the trireme raced down the sandy shore of the Attic “Diacria.” A Victor of Salamis The model of the triremes, revealing the number of the rowers but concealing their faces, was first furnished by the Argonauts. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Because the trireme and the dog are swift. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour At dawn a northeast gale fell upon them, and, according to the Greek accounts, wrecked 400 triremes, together with an uncounted number of transports. A History of Sea Power Having persuaded them to do so he took the consul and military tribunes, who supposed they were to meet the admiral, on board his own trireme. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Then the haven at last: the white-stuccoed houses of Oropus clustering down upon the shore, the little mole, a few doltish peasants by the landing gaping at the great trireme. A Victor of Salamis Brother and sister were reclining on the deck of their trireme. Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ The huge triremes were propelled by the force of hundreds of rowers across the waters of the Mediterranean. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood At daybreak the Persian triremes drew up in three lines on each side of the island of Psyttaleia and advanced into the straits. A History of Sea Power He did not succeed in securing an army of any real value nor in getting an expenditure for triremes, because the honors accorded to his prowess had made him an object of jealousy. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form One hundred and twenty-seven triremes were to go forth, and three and fifty to follow, bearing the best and bravest of Athens with them. A Victor of Salamis There your trireme shall be leaking and you shall desert her and seek refuge on the isle and wait for me. Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ Our iron water-beetles would send any of the old butterfly three-deckers to the bottom, as quickly as one of these would sink a Roman trireme. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Her period of supremacy was brief, lasting less than 75 years, but while it endured it rested on her triremes. A History of Sea Power So first they asked for and received grain, next the triremes, and after that the engines; and then they demanded the arms besides. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Has not the king two triremes to our one? A Victor of Salamis He went aboard his trireme at once and called his pilot to him. Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ Here, Eurybiades," and he addressed a lieutenant,—an athletic, handsome Hellene like himself,—"carry the lady down to the landing, put her on the trireme, and give her to Madam Fabia. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. When the fleet started out from Corinth it numbered 47 triremes. A History of Sea Power Under these circumstances they liberated all the slaves, restored the exiles, chose Hasdrubal once more as leader, and made ready arms, engines, and triremes. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form The young widow had less trembling when she looked on the Nausicaä than when one year before the stately trireme had sailed for Artemisium. A Victor of Salamis Neco, by the help of Greek artificers, built two fleets, both composed of triremes, one in the ports which opened on the Red Sea, the other in those upon the Mediterranean. Ancient Egypt You are not on the deck of your trireme, with all your men about you. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Accordingly he used some of his triremes as transports and started on his journey without taking the precaution to train his oarsmen or practice maneuvers. A History of Sea Power The length of the canal is equal to a four days' voyage, and it is wide enough to admit two triremes abreast. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 Yet for Glaucon when standing even on that calm pinnacle the trireme must creep over the deep too slowly. A Victor of Salamis Neco commenced excavations on a large scale, following the line of the old cutting, but greatly widening it, so that triremes might meet in it and pass each other, without shipping their oars. Ancient Egypt Once Artemisia safe on her way to the trireme, which was a little off shore, Agias ran back to the villa; the pirates were ransacking it thoroughly. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. The Peloponnesian fleet advanced in line of four abreast with the Spartan admiral and the twenty Spartan triremes—the best in the fleet—in the lead. A History of Sea Power He also points out that it is beyond the powers of modern science in naval architecture to construct a workable model of a Greek trireme. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 You gave the price of the tackling for six of the triremes with which Themistocles pretends to believe he can beat back my master. A Victor of Salamis They might have been slaves chained to the thwarts of a trireme. The Congo and Coasts of Africa Behind the pirate's triremes several large merchantmen were bearing into the harbour under a full press of sail. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. Seeing his opportunity, Phormio dashed out of the harbor with his ten triremes and fell upon the Spartans. A History of Sea Power Some of Croly's descriptions, such as that of the burning trireme, have a certain dazzling magnificence, but the colouring is often crude and startling. The Tale of Terror A Study of the Gothic Romance The sea-mouse was fleet indeed for a trader, but unlike a trireme must count on her canvas for her speed. A Victor of Salamis At this crisis there arrived at Syracuse Gongylus, a Corinthian, in one trireme. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. A long, slow swell made the stately triremes rock gracefully. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. By nightfall Phormio had rescued eight of the nine Athenian triremes that had fallen into the hands of the enemy and sent the scattered remnants of the Peloponnesian fleet in full flight towards Corinth. A History of Sea Power Though the Athenians retired towards evening, he would not let his men land before two or three triremes which he had sent to reconnoitre, returned with the intelligence that the enemy had disembarked. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II At the end of an hour their pursuers could be distinguished,—a tall trireme behind, but closer, pulling more rapidly, a penteconter, a slim scouting galley working fifty oars in a single bank. A Victor of Salamis He informed them that Gylippus would soon come to their aid by land, and that other triremes besides his own were on their way by sea. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. The three pirate vessels, two large triremes and the yacht, discharged all their enginery. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. In addition to those triremes that were sunk outright, twelve remained as prizes with their full complement of crews, and the rest scattered in flight. A History of Sea Power Lysander also captured the entire fleet, with the exception of the sacred trireme called the Paralus, and the eight ships which escaped with Konon. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II The trireme, pulling only one of her banks, was dropping behind, her navarch leaving the tiring chase to the penteconter, but the latter hung on doggedly. A Victor of Salamis He besieged Tyre for seven months, with great mounds and siege artillery on the land side, while a fleet of two hundred triremes watched it by sea. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. In a past age, Scott would have been a master builder of castles or of triremes or a maker of armor, but never a fighting man. Partners of Chance The new fleet, which was constructed in two months, consisted of 100 quinqueremes and 30 triremes. A History of Sea Power Lysander, enraged at this, at first only launched a few triremes to pursue him, but when he saw the Athenians coming to his assistance he manned his whole fleet, and brought on a general action. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II No whipped cattle were they, such as rowed the triremes of Phœnicia, but freemen born, sons of Athens, who called it joy to die for her in time of need. A Victor of Salamis His uncle Pollichus, fearing for his safety, at once advanced with ten triremes which were under his command; and this movement brought forward the rest of the Syracusan fleet to support him. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. Hereupon the Corinthians equipped a sacred trireme, and named it after the two goddesses. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I In the center of this formation he placed his transports, together with five of his largest triremes to assist at any threatened spot. A History of Sea Power Lysander was victorious, took fifteen triremes, and erected a trophy. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II Through the night no man on that trireme slumbered. A Victor of Salamis At this period there seems to have been no vessels larger than triremes. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson When all was ready, and Perikles himself had just embarked in his own trireme, an eclipse of the sun took place, producing total darkness, and all men were terrified at so great a portent. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I This time a fleet of 77 triremes was collected. A History of Sea Power The modern Marseilles, originally a Greek colony and a flourishing commercial centre. triremes. Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) for use in the Lower School The tall triremes, the red-sailed fishers’ boats, came and went from the havens of Athens, but Hermione never saw the ship that had borne away her all. A Victor of Salamis The lightness of this rigging did not exclude the use of heavy tackle, the cabrias of the Spanish galleon, and the cameli of the Roman triremes. The Man Who Laughs Sailing northwards with eighteen triremes he chanced to arrive towards evening, at the end of a sea-fight off Abydos, in which neither party had won any decided advantage. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I In fact, the name trireme was used loosely for all ships of war whether they had two banks of oars or three. A History of Sea Power The Carthaginian, alarmed by the suddenness of the affair, hesitated for some little time whether he should follow the trireme, or turn his prows against the enemy. The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 Aristeides told his story, and how his vessel to Salamis had scarce escaped the Egyptian triremes, and how by this time all entrance and exit was surely closed. A Victor of Salamis He was the obese type of Mediterranean with a little head, voluminous neck and triple chin, seated on the stern of his fishing skiff like a Roman patrician on the throne of his trireme. Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel A fleet of a hundred triremes was manned, and placed at his disposal, but he with creditable pride refused to set sail until after the celebration of the Eleusinian mysteries. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I The trireme was fitted with one mast and square sail, the latter being used only when the wind was fair, as auxiliary to the oars, especially when it needed to retire from battle. A History of Sea Power Two triremes were assigned them, which, when they had come to the river Bagradas, whence the Roman camp could be seen, returned to Carthage. The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 So for a while, till out of the confusion of ships and wrecks came darting a trireme, loftier than her peers. A Victor of Salamis In the treasury of Brasidas and the Acanthians, there was a trireme made of gold and ivory, of two cubits, which Cyrus sent Lysander in honor of his victory. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans He ordered his sailors to crown themselves with garlands, decked out his triremes with Greek shields and wreaths of palm, and set out for Syracuse. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Out of 110 triremes the Athenians lost fifty. A History of Sea Power It so happened, that just at that time Hasdrubal, having been driven out of Spain, had entered the harbour with seven triremes, and having cast anchor was mooring his ships. The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 The route before the great trireme was a long one. A Victor of Salamis Here is a Spanish galleon That once with gold was gay, Here is a Roman trireme Whose hues outshone the day. Main Street and Other Poems With that money a hundred triremes were built, which were subsequently used to fight against Xerxes. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Some of these island contingents contained a type of ship different from the triremes, the penteconter. A History of Sea Power Adherbal, having put the conspirators on board a quinquereme, sent it in advance, because it sailed slower than a trireme, and followed himself at a moderate distance with eight triremes. The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 This inference is supported by the date of the building of the 200 triremes ``for the war against Aegina'' on the advice of Themistocles, which is given in the Constitutiom of Athens as 483-482 B.C. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 It took four days to go up this canal, and it was so wide that two triremes could go abreast. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Lysander suddenly and unexpectedly assailed it, and except eight triremes which escaped under Konon, took all the rest, nearly two hundred in number. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I On the Greek left was the Athenian division opposing the advancing triremes of Phœnicia; on the right was the Spartan division facing the Greeks of Asia Minor. A History of Sea Power The trireme, or ordinary war-ship, had its oars arranged in three banks, fifty men rowing at once. Introductory American History A few hoplites were still carried, to serve in cases of emergency; but by far the most important part in the encounter was played by the trireme itself, with its long, tapering, sharp-pointed prow. Stories from Thucydides The 'sacred trireme', the Paralus, when conveying the Athenian deputation to the Festival of Delos, put in on its way at Marathon, where there was an altar of the Delian Apollo, to offer sacrifice. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 These relics were brought to Athens by Kimon, on board of his trireme, and the delighted Athenians received them with splendid processions and sacrifices, just as if the hero himself were come to the city. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I But while the rest of the fleet busied itself with the deserted Athenian triremes on the share, the Spartan squadron continued in the pursuit of the eleven Athenian ships that were heading for Naupaktis. A History of Sea Power With the aid of its two sails a trireme is said to have gone one hundred and fifty miles in a day and a night. Introductory American History The Athenian trireme which had been left far behind in the chase, made a sudden sweep round a merchant-vessel anchored at the mouth of the harbour, struck her pursuer amidships, and sank her. Stories from Thucydides In earlier times, the duty of equipping and commanding each trireme was laid upon single citizens of means, the hull and certain fittings being found by the state. The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 1 One fast-sailing trireme carried the news of the overwhelming defeat to Athens. Outline of Universal History The tactics were little different from those of the day of the trireme, consisting Page 95 simply of ramming, and fighting at close quarters with arquebus, bows, pike, and sword. A History of Sea Power Describe a Greek trireme and the way it was managed. Introductory American History On every trireme the cry of "Hold her!" Stories from Thucydides That is where the Roman triremes were caught. The Wheel O' Fortune The trireme, with its projecting prow shod with iron, and its crew of two hundred men, was the principal, but not the only vessel used in sea-fights. Outline of Universal History Plutarch, however, who tells the story in greater detail, distinctly fixes the date of its catastrophe subsequent to the return of the Regent to Byzantium, as a solitary volunteer, in the trireme of Hermione. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance The gray destroyers moving in and out past the Zattere contrasted strangely with the tiny gondolas shaped like pygmy triremes. The World Decision At the same time they took possession of ten Mytilenaean triremes, which had been sent to serve in the Athenian fleet, and imprisoned the crews. Stories from Thucydides She liked the little, deep-set, dark grey eyes, the beaked nose, like the prow of a trireme, and the drawn-in mouth, which seemed to be victim of the astringencies it was driven to utter. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution Twelve fighting triremes, the remains of his attempted Adriatic fleet, were all that Caesar could collect for a convoy. Caesar: a Sketch In the orders of the vessels he forwarded for this change, he took especial care to dislocate the dangerous contiguity of the Samian and Chian triremes. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance Things change from triremes to motor boats, from Rosinante to automobiles. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Having once come to this decision, the Athenians lost no time, but sent off a trireme on the same day, with orders to Paches to carry the decree into effect. Stories from Thucydides The Carthaginians gave up Spain and all their ships except ten triremes. Early European History With argosies of dawn he sails, And triremes of the dusk, The Seas of Song, whereon the gales Are myths that trail wild musk. Poems The trireme of Pausanias, meanwhile, sorely damaged, part of its side rent away, and the water rushing in, swayed and struggled alone in great peril of sinking. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance Here he ordered his ships to be hauled on shore, having sent back the four triremes of the Massilians which had, in compliment to him, attended him from their home. The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 There was no time to be lost, for the first trireme was already a day and a night on her voyage, and the fate of Mytilene hung by a hair. Stories from Thucydides The trireme was regarded as a missile to be hurled with sudden violence against the opposing ship, in order to disable or sink it. Early European History They captured, by making an opportune attack, some boats that sailed by and captured also some of the triremes that were in their opponents' roadstead. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster Will you gratify myself and the fleet by putting your Athenian triremes into play? Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance He had triremes built, received the deserters, made an alliance with the pirates, and took under his protection the exiles. Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus A second trireme was launched with all speed, and the Mytilenaeans present in Athens promised large rewards to the crew if they arrived in time. Stories from Thucydides When all was ready, and Pericles himself had just embarked in his own trireme, an eclipse of the sun took place, producing total darkness, and all men were terrified at so great a portent. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) And this they did in spite of dangers which threatened by sea and from the enemy, and they persuaded Dionysius not to send the trireme which he had prepared for the Spartans. The Orations of Lysias The boat had now gained the fleet, and steering amidst the crowded triremes, made its way towards the floating banner of the Spartan Serpent. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance I have heard the report that he transferred triremes from the outer sea to the gulf through the fortifications, using newly flayed hides smeared with olive oil instead of hauling-engines. Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus The main body of the fleet remained in the offing, but ten triremes were sent forward to reconnoitre the Great Harbour, and get a nearer view of the fortifications. Stories from Thucydides That they should restore to the Romans all deserters and fugitives, giving up all their ships-of-war except ten triremes, with such tamed elephants as they had, and that they should not tame any more. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) You gave them triremes, and voted other aid, but they lacked funds for the expedition. The Orations of Lysias A trireme will be despatched to Sparta with complaints. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance An ordinary trireme carried two hundred men, including the crew and marines. The Olynthiacs and the Phillippics of Demosthenes Literally translated with notes The enemy now commanded both sides of the entrance to the Great Harbour, and not a ship-load of provisions could reach the Athenian camp without an encounter with the Syracusan triremes. Stories from Thucydides The trireme and the assemblage of admiring townspeople had disappeared, leaving the bay and its shores to their wonted quiet. The Prince of India — Volume 01 He also led his countrymen to the resolution of adding each year twenty well-equipped triremes to their navy. General History for Colleges and High Schools "I hear not; but a trireme is in readiness to sail after your conference with the captains." Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance Then the pirates, taking counsel, agreed to run down the enemy; for our galley was a sharp-beaked Liburnian, while theirs was only a messenger trireme.' Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face Outside of these narrow limits, the whole coast was in the hands of the enemy, and any Athenian trireme which ventured out into open water ran the risk of being driven on a hostile shore. Stories from Thucydides And there, in the soft embracement of the bay, a bird with folded wings asleep—the trireme! The Prince of India — Volume 01 The trireme reached the island just in time to prevent the execution of the barbarous edict. General History for Colleges and High Schools Rome could hardly have ruled the world for centuries had her merchants supplied Carthage with improved triremes or furnished the Parthians with the latest style of weapons. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 And faces pass, but haply they are dreams, Dreams of a mind set free that gilds The solitude with awful light and builds Temples and lovers, goblins and triremes. The Five Books of Youth The Syracusans kept a firm front, and opposing their massive prows to the rash assault, inflicted great damage on the Athenian triremes, many of which were completely wrecked by the shock of the collision. Stories from Thucydides In the bay there were races between the galleys and triremes, and emulation was encouraged among the troops by large money prizes to the companies who maneuvered with the greatest precision and activity. The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal We have now examined all of the "Invincible" except for her main weapon,—her beak; for the trireme is really herself one tremendous missile to be flung by the well-trained rowers at the ill-starred foe. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life You have no cities nor no wealth: our cities are hives of humanity and our galleys, trireme and quadrireme, laden with all manner merchandise furrow the waters of the known globe. Ulysses Think of the prow of the trireme cleaving the water. Plato and Platonism They had gained a decisive victory over the greatest naval power in Greece, sunk seven triremes, disabled many more, and slain or taken prisoners a large number of men. Stories from Thucydides As the complement of a trireme galley was at least two hundred men, we cannot estimate the forces then employed by Athens against Egypt at less than forty thousand men. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo A Trireme at Sea.—A trireme, then is an heroic fighting instrument. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life I would not furnish him with triremes and brass-beaked ships of war, but I would send him fast sailing and luxuriously-fitted vessels, and all the toys of kings who take their pleasure on the sea. L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits Prows of triremes, at corners on third lift, denoting worldwide commerce. The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth If they glanced towards the Great Harbour, they could see the victorious Syracusans towing off the shattered hull of an Athenian trireme, the last sad remnant of two great armaments. Stories from Thucydides Therefore we have numbered the legions that we can gather, and the triremes and the galleys wherewith we may breast the sea, and the moneys which shall buy us all things wanting to our war. Cleopatra The upper deck of the trireme is about eleven feet above the harbor waves, but the lowest oar holes are raised barely three feet. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life Indeed the galley, like the ancient trireme, generally kept close to the shore, and ventured out of sight of land only when the water was unruffled and the sky serene. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 He had collected a fleet of above a hundred ships—triremes and quinqueremes,14340 the latter now heard of for the first time in Asiatic warfare. History of Phoenicia They were, in fact, superior to the Corinthians in wealth and power, and their fleet, numbering a hundred and twenty triremes, was second only to that of Athens. Stories from Thucydides A wretched play; it may amuse the fools who row the triremes; but it is utterly unworthy to be read by any man of taste. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 We now descend to the Peiræus proper and examine the merchant shipping and wharves, leaving the navy yards and the fighting triremes till later. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life This motion he succeeded in carrying and a trireme was immediately despatched to Mytilene, conveying orders to Paches to carry the bloody decree into execution. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest They collected triremes and lighter vessels from various quarters. History of Phoenicia In order, however, to relieve the public excitement, he sent out a body of horsemen to skirmish with the enemy, and despatched a fleet of a hundred triremes to ravage the coasts of Peloponnesus. Stories from Thucydides You see that he quite knew triremes on the sea, in the neighbourhood of fighting men, to be an evil;—lions might be trained in that way to fly from a herd of deer. Laws For him a trireme is a most marvelous and magnificent sight. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life A second trireme was immediately despatched to Mytilene, with orders to Paches to arrest the execution. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest The Macedonians found it impossible to extinguish the flames, since the Tyrian triremes, drawing close to the mole, prevented approach by flights of arrows and other missiles. History of Phoenicia From their camp on the mainland the Spartans could see the Athenian triremes rowing round and round the island, and keeping vigilant watch, to prevent those who were confined there from escaping. Stories from Thucydides For instance, Kipling tells us how a Greek pirate, chained to the oar of a trireme, suffers; how a mother rejoices when her baby crawls across her breast. The Red Cross Girl Eustathius goes away towards one of the wharves, where his trireme, the "Invincible," is moored with her crew aboard her. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life Their triremes were becoming leaky, and their soldiers and sailors were constantly deserting. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Cimon, who led the fleet of the Athenians and their allies, attacked it with a force of 250 triremes, of which Athens had furnished the greater number. History of Phoenicia They further agreed to carry the envoys to Athens in one of their own triremes, and to suspend all hostilities until the expiration of the truce. Stories from Thucydides Look, Cleon," she cried, pointing, eagerly towards the approaching boat, "'t is my father's own trireme. Historic Girls In ordinary cruising, to be sure, the trireme will make use of her sails, to help out a single bank of oars which must be kept going almost all the time. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life With the same view it was resolved to reserve every year 100 of their best triremes, fully manned and equipped. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Of these the Phoenician triremes were at once the most numerous and the best. History of Phoenicia Meeting with no success, he returned to Rhegium, and immediately afterwards he and one of his colleagues sailed with a force of sixty triremes to Naxos. Stories from Thucydides The docks were full of triremes and stores. Critias But in battle the trireme almost never uses sails. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life The Athenian fleet still numbered 110 triremes, which Nicias furnished with grappling-irons, in order to bring the enemy to close quarters, and then caused a large proportion of his land-force to embark. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest The superiority of the Phoenician ships to others is generally allowed, and was clearly shown when Xerxes collected his fleet of twelve hundred and seven triremes against Greece. History of Phoenicia After this futile demonstration, better calculated; to excite laughter than terror, the reconnoitring triremes withdrew, and the whole fleet sailed back in the direction of Rhegium. Stories from Thucydides The food for the crews, amounting to twenty minae a month for each trireme—" "I know! Salammbo The trireme is in one sense like a latter-day steamer in her methods of propulsion; but the driving force is 174 straining, panting humans, not insensate water vapor and steel. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life By means of this assistance he was enabled to add 50 triremes to the 90 delivered to him by Lysander; and the Chians further provided him with ten days' pay for the seamen. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest He at once hastened to the sea, and getting his own triremes afloat, sailed out to pick up the ships with Dorieus. Hellenica While Attica lay in the grip of the enemy, a fleet of sixty-five triremes, carrying a great military force, weighed anchor from Peiraeus, and steered its course, under the command of Demosthenes, for Sicily. Stories from Thucydides The surprise of the Carthaginians was greater still when three hundred of their own people, who had been made prisoners during the Sicilian war, arrived on board an old Punic trireme. Salammbo The rowers are of course the real heart and soul of the trireme; but they are useless without proper training. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life Callicratidas then blockaded Mytilene both by sea and land; but Conon contrived to despatch a trireme to Athens with the news of his desperate position. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Alcibiades, who was moreover in bad odour in the camp, sailed away with a single trireme to his private fortress in the Chersonese. Hellenica Though taken by surprise, the Athenians put out in haste with sixty triremes, and a sea-fight ensued, in which the Syracusans for some time had the advantage. Stories from Thucydides At last, one day, in despair, he had flung himself into the sea from the top of a trireme where he was working at the oar. Salammbo The nominal, and sometimes actual, commander of the trireme is her trierarch; but obviously a cultivated old gentleman like Eustathius is no man to manage the ship in a sea fight. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life The generals replied that they had commissioned Theramenes himself and Thrasybulus, each of whom commanded a trireme in the engagement, to undertake the duty, and had assigned 48 ships to them for that purpose. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest He himself came to close quarters with the enemy, and was driven on shore, on board his trireme, under pressure of the hostile rams. Hellenica Into this huddled, swaying mass of war-galleys and merchant-craft mingled together now dashed the Athenian triremes, wrecking every vessel which they met. Stories from Thucydides The noise of the streets did not reach so far, and Hamilcar as he passed recognised the triremes which he had formerly commanded. Salammbo But the trireme is also a most disagreeable craft before and after the battle. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life After that disastrous battle Conon fled with nine triremes to Cyprus, where he was now living under the protection of Evagoras, prince of Salamis. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest If any one supposes that there was a touch of madness in such an expedition—with but twelve triremes to attack an enemy possessed of a large fleet—he should consider the calculations of Teleutias. Hellenica Phormio also sent an urgent despatch to Athens announcing his victory, and asking for reinforcements; and the Athenians sent twenty triremes to his aid. Stories from Thucydides The gate rose, and the trireme disappeared beneath the deep arch. Salammbo No later sailing ship in her panoply of canvas, no steam battleship with her grim turrets and smoking funnels can ever match the spectacle of a trireme moving in her rhythm and glory. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life Of the 180 ships which composed the fleet, only the trireme of Conon himself, the Paralus, and 8 or 10 other vessels succeeded in escaping. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest As soon as the corn was shipped and the vessels under weigh, he captured not only the corn but the triremes, escort and all, numbering no less than three hundred men. Hellenica And in the meantime a trireme was despatched in all haste to carry their petition to Sparta. Stories from Thucydides Thus driven into a corner, Nicias answered, with great reluctance, that the number of triremes must be not less than one hundred, with five thousand heavy-armed infantry, and slingers and bow-men in proportion. Stories from Thucydides All this makes the ships of Demosthene's day much handsomer, taller affairs than their predecessors which Themistocles commanded; nevertheless the old and the new triremes have most essentials in common. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life About November he arrived at AEgina, with an overwhelming fleet of 150 triremes, and proceeded to devastate Salamis and blockade Piraeus. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest After thus carefully considering the matter they manned a fleet of sixty triremes, and Pollis was appointed admiral in command. Hellenica Saying this he ordered the master of his own trireme to beach the vessel, and stood ready on the gangway, that he might be the first to leap on shore. Stories from Thucydides The triremes furnished by Athens numbered a hundred, of which sixty were fully equipped as war- galleys, while forty were employed as transports. Stories from Thucydides In consequence of this, the hulls of the triremes had become sodden with water, which made them leaky, and difficult to row. Stories from Thucydides Cimon at the head of 200 Athenian triremes, and 100 furnished by the allies, proceeded to the coast of Asia Minor. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest Having cut the beaks off the prows, Iphicrates bore down into the harbour of Corcyra with the captured triremes in tow. Hellenica Soon after they had effected this important change of station the Salaminian state trireme arrived with momentous news from Athens. Stories from Thucydides Here and there could be seen knots of three or four triremes, locked together with shattered hulls and broken oars, while the soldiers on the decks strove for the mastery. Stories from Thucydides The commander of the Salaminia was, however, instructed not to seize his person, but to allow him to sail in his own trireme. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest A small Athenian squadron of only 10 triremes was despatched to the assistance of the Corcyraeans. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest The latter did not wait to be asked, but at once gave him money, which enabled him to collect friends and triremes, with a view to his ultimate recall to Syracuse. Hellenica Accordingly the captain of the Salaminian trireme was instructed to treat him with all respect, and allow him to return to Athens in his own vessel. Stories from Thucydides Then Agesilaus, calling the gods to witness, got on board his trireme in bitter indignation, and sailed away. Hellenica His force consisted at first of eight hundred light troops and ten triremes, but was further increased by other vessels from Athens and a body of heavy infantry. Hellenica The Salaminian, or state, trireme was despatched to Sicily, carrying the decree of the assembly for Alcibiades to come home and take his trial. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest The engagement was fought by the light of the moon, and Gorgopas captured four triremes, which he tied astern, and so set sail with his prizes in tow towards Aegina. Hellenica On receiving the summons Alcibiades affected to obey, and set sail from Catana, with the state trireme in attendance. Stories from Thucydides There the first news he heard was that the triremes sent by Dionysius were expected to relieve the Lacedaemonians. Hellenica |
| 随便看 |
|
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。