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Trireme vs Trierarch - What's the difference?

trireme | trierarch |

As nouns the difference between trireme and trierarch

is that trireme is a galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship while trierarch is the captain of a trireme.

trireme

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (history, nautical, archaic) A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship.

    • Related terms

    * unireme/monoreme/penteconter * bireme * quadrireme * quinquereme/pentere * polyreme

    See also

    * (wikipedia "trireme") ----

    trierarch

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (nautical) The captain of a trireme.