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1. Ancient Greek measures of length in nautical contexts

Author

Morrison, John Gordon

Subjects
Length measurement -- Standards, Ships, Ancient -- Measurement, Weights and measures -- Greece
Abstract

John Morrison reported in ANTIQUITY (61: 455-9; 62: 713-14) on the sea-trials of his reconstructed trieres (trireme) Olympias, tests which explored the capacities in the water of this most feared of ancient fighting craft. Here he looks critically at two ancient Greek measurements, the units of length to which the trieres was built, and the units of distance over which she sailed.

Published
1991

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