Greek Oared Ships 900–322 BC
Greek Oared Ships 900–322 BC
This book is written in the belief that a proper understanding of Greek civilization in antiquity requires some knowledge of its background of seafaring. A knowledge of nautical practice is required for an understanding of some passages of Greek poetry and prose writing, and for a correct interpretation of numerous historical events. This is an attempt at a thorough study of the evidence, both literary and archaeological. Modern reference books tend to repeat the misconceptions of nineteenth-century scholars. In contrast, Mr Morrison and Mr Williams have written a scholarly and scientific study of the subject. They collect in this volume evidence for Greek oared ships between 900 and 322 BC. The book is primarily a catalogue of decorated pottery and quotations from literature and from naval inventories. The pottery is illustrated by diagrams and plates; and the quotations are given in full.
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366 pages
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I. The Homeric Period 900–700 BC:
- 1. Ships of the Bronze Age
- 2. Ships of the geometric period
- 3. Literary texts
- Part II. The Archaic Period:
- 700–480 BC:
- 4. Catalogue of ship representations
- 5. Literary and epigraphical texts
- 6. Accounts deriving from the later fifth century
- Part III. The Classical Period 480–322 BC:
- 7. Catalogue of ship representations
- 8. The ship-sheds D. J. Blackman
- 9. Written evidence
- 10. Sea power in the Aegean:
- 480–322 BC
- 11. Written evidence
- 12. Handling
- Maps
- Bibliography and opus abbreviations
- Glossaries
- Index to collections
- Index of Greek and Latin words
- General index.
