ISSN:
0009-8388
Quelle:
Cambridge Journals Digital Archives
Thema:
Klassische Philologie, Byzantinistik, Mittellateinische und Neugriechische Philologie, Neulatein
Notizen:
Athenaeus preserves an intriguing description by the otherwise unknown writerMoschion of a giant grain-ship, the Syracusia, built by Hiero II of Syracuse in thelater third century B.C.1 The account is extremely circumstantial. Besides a fulldescription of the ship's layout, Moschion gives such details as the name of thearchitect (Archias of Corinth), the size of the construction-force (well over 300), the construction time (a year), details of the launching arrangements devised byArchimedes, and even the procedure for judging crimes committed on board.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0009838800035618
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