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Tilley's and Morrison's triremes—evidence and practicality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

John Coates
John Coates*
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Sabinal, Lucklands Road, Bath BA1 4AU, England
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The designer of the reconstructed Greek trireme, Olympias, first proposed by John Morrison and now built and tested at sea, takes issue with Alec Tilley's divergent ideas and proposals about these ships, together with their practicality. The author is a naval architect.

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Antiquity , Volume 69 , Issue 262 , March 1995 , pp. 159 - 162
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1995 

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