"Mycenean Galley Sets Sail at Magister Militum" Topic
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| Yesthatphil | 23 Sep 2014 3:16 a.m. PST |
What a splendid vessel … and full of Chariot oarsmen, too (a perfect fit for my 'Trojan Wars' armies) … Although that huge leonine figurehead looks pretty fanciful, I think the reconstruction of a Minoan galley on which this model seems to be based has one … It'd make a lovely beach vignette to a Trojan-style battle. Of course, a sea battle would be ideal but, multiplying that price up, a fleet action might prove – err – rather expensive … Hmmm Great to see .. Phil |
| Winston Smith | 23 Sep 2014 3:20 a.m. PST |
Buy lottery tickets, Phil. |
 Editor in Chief Bill   | 23 Sep 2014 5:12 a.m. PST |
…a sea battle would be ideal… You would want a waterline version for that.  |
| Yesthatphil | 23 Sep 2014 5:42 a.m. PST |
Looking at Shelley Wachsmann's chapter (Paddled and Oared Ships Before the Iron Age) in 'The Age of the Galley' – Eds Gardiner and Morrison – it seems clear that the long extended end is the prow … the end with the figurehead is the stern. 'The ships carry a horizontal device, attached to the stern by means of ropes; this device is apparently the same as those carried at the lower extremity of the Early Bronze Age Cycladic longships and is thus an additional indication that the low end of these longships was, indeed, the stern' Apparently, the roped-on horizontal device is only shown in ceremonial scenes and is thought to have no nautical purpose (I guess it would not be present on a warship in action) … And I guess that means the crew should be fitted the other way round  … Phil |
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