trireme

Example Sentences

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The warship's welcoming ceremony outside the naval base of Salamis included a copy of an ancient Athenian trireme and the Georgios Averof, a historic cruiser that fought in the Balkan Wars.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

“We just aim to get people to know the trireme and have fun.”

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2018

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.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2017

For centuries, the precise design of the trireme has posed a baffling mystery.

From Time Magazine Archive

By then it was almost noon, getting really hot, and Percy was starting to wish he had a trireme filled with Diet Coke.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan