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
Scholars know that trireme hulls were light, long and slender, displacing some 22 tons, measuring about 123 ft. in length and 19 ft. at the beam, with a draft of slightly more than 4 ft.
From Time Magazine Archive
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!”
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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