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	trireme trireme, a Mediterranean war galley propelled by three banks of oars. See also warfare at sea.... Read more
	galley galley long, narrow vessel widely used in ancient and medieval times, propelled principally by oars but also fitted with sails. The earliest type was sometimes 150 ft (46 m) long with 50 oars. Rowers were slaves, prisoners of war, or (later) convicts; they were usually chained to benches set along... Read more
	mast mast large metal or timber pole secured vertically or nearly vertically in a ship, used primarily for supporting sails and rigging. The mast is as old as sailing vessels, and the oldest sailboats depicted (those of ancient Egypt) had a small mast placed forward and carrying a single sail. The... Read more
	figurehead figurehead carved decoration usually representing a head or figure placed under the bowsprit of a ship. The art is of extreme antiquity. Ancient galleys and triremes carried rostrums, or beaks, on the bow to ram enemy vessels. These beaks were often surmounted by figureheads representing national... Read more
	ship ship large craft in which persons and goods may be conveyed on water. In the U.S. Navy the term boat refers to any vessel that is small enough to be hoisted aboard a ship, and ship is used for any larger vessel; all submarines, no matter what size, are designated as boats, and ship-sized... Read more
	Aegean Aegean (Greek: Aigaíon; Turkish: Ege)A sea and islands named, according to legend, after Aegeus, the mythical King of Attica (Athens). When his son, Theseus, returned, having been offered up to the Minotaur in place of the yearly tribute, he forgot to change the colour of his sails from black... Read more
	Lemnos Lemnos a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, where in Greek mythology Hephaestus is said to have fallen when thrown out of heaven; its extinct volcano was said to be his forge.In later legend, Lemnos was associated with two massacres. Firstly, the women of Lemnos offended Aphrodite and in... Read more
	Alcibiades Alcibiades , c.450-404 BC, Athenian statesman and general. Of the family of Alcmaeonidae, he was a ward of Pericles and was for many years a devoted attendant of Socrates. He turned to politics after the Peace of Nicias (421 BC), and during the Peloponnesian War he was the leader in agitating... Read more
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