10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEMIOLIA»
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hemiolia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hemiolia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shipsheds of the Ancient Mediterranean
4.2 m unknown pentekontor/hemiolia 2: Aigila: small Slipway c. 10—1 3 In c. 4.0
m unknown eikosoros 3: Aigina c. 37—40 In 5.75—6.17 In unknown trireme 4:
Apollonia c. 40 m 5.5—5.95 m 1:19.1(3.0°)— 1:14.3 trireme (40°) 5: Carthage: ...
David Blackman, Boris Rankov, 2014
2
The Athenian Trireme: The History and Reconstruction of an ...
6 See JSM (1980a) where it is suggested that, since the word hemiolios means 1
Vi, the hemiolia was a ship with three files of oarsmen ranging fore and aft
throughout the ship at one level, i.e. 1 ]/2 files on each side. Half the oars would
be ...
J. S. Morrison, J. F. Coates, N. B. Rankov, 2000
3
Israel Studies in Musicology
In the opening perfection, three of the voices present a normal triple pattern,
while only the Tenor employs hemiolia. In the perfection following, the Tenor and
Bassus present normal triple patterns, while the remaining two voices feature ...
4
The Ancient Sailing Season
As in the case of the hemiolia, there appears to have been considerable diversity
from one lembos to another; the oar-crew varied from as little as sixteen rowers
up to fty, and while some of the vessels had but a single level of oars later ...
What we could really use is a trireme built fast and light like a hemiolia, maybe
with the same way to stow mast and yard where the back half of the thranite bank
of oarsmen work." He'd been talking to hear himself talk. He hadn't expected ...
6
The Journal of Hellenic Studies
excludes hemiolia. I conceive that aztpom includes hemiolia as well as the true
bireme and the bireme of the Liburnian type. Appian's statement is that the
pirates gave up using myoparones, and took to using 8ixporoi of other sorts
besides the ...
Menedemos watched the hemiolia as the war galley came up on her. Her captain
posted archers at the stern, too — posted them there and then started quarreling
with them. Menedemos could guess why. A hemiolia was the fastest galley on ...
8
Ships and Seamanship in the Ancient World
The traditional units of a Greek navy were unfit for this purpose: a swift hemiolia
could show its heels to a penteconter or trireme, whose rig was designed
primarily for cruising. What was needed was a vessel that could not only give
chase but ...
9
Mark of the Lion Collection: Gift Collection
The line of oars on one side of the hemiolia went up sharply and retracted. The
ship swung hard around. Atretes' heart constricted at what he saw. “They're
outfitted with ravens, centurion!” a soldier shouted. Theophilus had already seen
the ...
10
Over the Wine-Dark Sea
Yes, she was a galley, but she didn't try to disguise herself and she was on the
beamy side for a rowed vessel. That made her an akatos, not a pentekonter or
hemiolia — probably not a pirate ship herself, but still a vessel with a formidable ...
