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Definition of the day : « bireme »
- As in galley : noun a ship
- As the bireme struck the high waves King Hiram advanced to the prow.
- Extract from : « A King of Tyre » by James M. Ludlow
- The ‘bireme,’ or two-banked vessel, does not appear in Homer.
- Extract from : « Boating » by W. B. Woodgate
- A military boat called the "bireme" came into use in Greece about six or seven centuries before Christ.
- Extract from : « Great Inventions and Discoveries » by Willis Duff Piercy
- It is probable that the Greeks did not originate the bireme, but borrowed the idea from the Phœnicians or possibly from Egypt.
- Extract from : « Great Inventions and Discoveries » by Willis Duff Piercy
- Soon they tacked far to the north, and, rounding to the west, crossed the bows of the bireme of Herodotus.
- Extract from : « A King of Tyre » by James M. Ludlow
- This is proved by another illustration of a bireme on the same vase, in which the steering oars are clearly seen.
- Extract from : « Ancient and Modern Ships. » by George C. V. Holmes
- This Greek bireme, with its shallow hull and lofty, open superstructure, could hardy have been a seaworthy vessel.
- Extract from : « Ancient and Modern Ships. » by George C. V. Holmes
- The large figures at the stern seem to point to the bireme of Fig. 74 being about to be used for racing purposes.
- Extract from : « Ancient and Modern Ships. » by George C. V. Holmes
- In Appendix, p. 157, will be found an account of an eighth-century Greek bireme, recently discovered.
- Extract from : « Ancient and Modern Ships. » by George C. V. Holmes