A guide to the exhibition illustrating Greek and Roman life (1920)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities · London, British Museum · leaf 47
er the gunwale, the second and third lines (ifthese are oars) through port-holes. In the trireme the ram was ofthe greatest importance, and much attention was devoted tostrengthening it. An excellent illustration of the prow of a triremeis to be seen in the terracotta vase from Vulci (No. 75 ; fig.… … Fig. 24.—Early Greek Merchant-Ship (No. 70). womans head, would serve as a protection to the oars. The eye on theside is a prominent decoration in Greek ships. It is seen on*the shippainted on the vase B 508 in Case 95 (No. 76), from which the diveris preparing to jump, and has survived even to the…
Civilization, Greek and Roman · Classical antiquities
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