bireme

This is proved by another illustration of a bireme on the same vase, in which the steering oars are clearly seen.

This Greek bireme, with its shallow hull and lofty, open superstructure, could hardy have been a seaworthy vessel.

The large figures at the stern seem to point to the bireme of Fig. 74 being about to be used for racing purposes.

In Appendix, p. 157, will be found an account of an eighth-century Greek bireme, recently discovered.

As the bireme struck the high waves King Hiram advanced to the prow.