The Athenian Trireme: The History and Reconstruction of an Ancient Greek Warship Second Edition - Brossura

Morrison, J. S.

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ISBN 10: 0521564565 ISBN 13: 9780521564564

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2000

Riassunto

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.

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Recensione:

' ... reads like the best sort of detective story.' Peter Jones, BBC History Magazine

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

'If the ship is as good as the book, it will be doing well.' The Times Literary Supplement

Descrizione del libro:

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.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0521564565
• ISBN 13: 9780521564564
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 348