Greek Trireme's Important Role In Ancient Greek Culture

The Greek Trireme warship played a very important role in the ancient Greek culture. It shaped the Athenian Empire and allowed the rise of Greek power and naval warfare. The ancient Greek ship called the trireme was the largest warship. The designers started working on it by attempting to build a boat that would do better on the seas for longer distances and in storms. The boats before the Trireme were not built very well and could not get very big or hold a lot of cargo. The Triremes were the first ships to be able to stay out in the oceans. This gave the people of Greece a way to explore more and trade farther distances away. If people traveled through the sea it was faster than traveling through the land. Historians think that the trireme was first built in Phonetia. It was much bigger, stronger
By their use of the trireme it helped the Greeks win the war that they fought with the Persians. It was called the Battle of Salamin. The Oracle at Delphi told them that the people would be saved by a wooden wall. The messages weren’t always clear, Themistocles thought that “a wooden wall” meant a wooden wall of boats and wanted to fight and defend them with a wall of triremes. Other people thought the message meant they were suppose to build a wall around the acropolis and keep the army out and the people safe inside. The choice to build the wall of ships was what worked. The Persians broke down the wall around the acropolis and all of the people inside were killed. The wall of ships was what was able to defeat the Persians during the battle that happened in the gulf off of the shore. The triremes were lighter and did better in the waves. They were able to destroy most of the Persian boats by ramming them. This helped them win the battle. After the war the Greek city states all worked together and became strong enough to defend themselves and became a military