trireme

Example Sentences

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To build and man the triremes required a large number of men, many from the lower economic class.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

The work of political philosophy belongs to, yes, the candidates, but mainly the nerds of academia, think tanks and journalists, pulling their oars on the triremes of policy.

From Fox News • Aug. 25, 2020

Visitors do all the rowing on the Olympias’ two-hour-long public trips, conducted near Salamis island where, in 480 B.C., outnumbered Athenian triremes vanquished a Persian armada in one of the world’s most famous sea engagements.

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2018

Unlike the famous Greek and Roman warships known as triremes, the smaller merchant ships derived power primarily from sails rather than banks of rowers.

From National Geographic • Nov. 3, 2015

Penelope insisted on packing up her own things and the children’s, too, their books and triremes and the many pages of their journals.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood