Definitionn. ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers of oars on each side
Last update: October 11, 2015
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In the Persian War Paros sided with the Persians and sent a trireme to Marathon to support them. [Please select]
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"A Samian pirate-vessel is in pursuit of Phanes' trireme." [Please select]
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He was waiting for them on board his trireme. [Please select]
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"Polykrates laughed at this message and returned the letters his pirates had taken from our trireme, with a derisive greeting." [Please select]
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A trireme from Kolophon, namely, has brought the news that your powerful brother, noble Bartja, is preparing to make war with Amasis. [Please select]
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The strong wind had driven the trireme before it so swiftly that it was difficult for even the sea gulls to follow. [Please select]
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The trireme reached the island just in time to prevent the execution of the barbarous edict. [Please select]
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The trireme, or ordinary war-ship, had its oars arranged in three banks, fifty men rowing at once. [Please select]
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It has been like a splendid and richly-dressed trireme sailing, plague-stricken, into a harbor full of ships and boats. [Please select]
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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. [Please select]
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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. [Please select]
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