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• The force sent to Sicily consisted of 134 triremes and 27,000 men, the largest Athens had ever fielded.
• Hence find bireme, hemiolia, merchantman, myoparo, quinquereme, sixteener and trireme in the glossary of Fortune's Favorites. Fortune's Favorites
• Ships of War, "round" and "long"; trireme; penteconter; liburna; galley; dromon; galleas; junk; Viking craft; galleon; two and three-deckers; steam; submarine; destroyer; battle cruiser; dreadnought A History of Sea Power
• The word trireme comes from three and "remus," meaning oar. Epic Struggle: Fans Fight to Revive an Oar-Powered Greek Warship
• The best-known type of Greek galley was the TRIREME, with three banks of oars; a famous trireme battle took place between the Greek and Persian fleets at SALAMIS in 480 BC.
• 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
• For him a trireme is a most marvelous and magnificent sight. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
• The agreement is to last until the Lacedaemonian ambassadors return from Athens, and the Athenians are to convey them thither and bring them back in a trireme. The History of the Peloponnesian War
• As the Greek name implies, the trireme had three rows of rowers on each side, developed from earlier Greek and Phoenician biremes.
• With the addition of the trireme from Tenos, they represented twenty-three city-states, from Athens, which had 180 triremes at Salamis, to Seriphos, which provided a penteconter. The Battle of Salamis