Olympias
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This is an interesting project to restore the Olympias and get it shipshape (sorry, couldn’t resist) for the premiere to the sequel of “300”. Here’s a bit from the tease: Triremes are truly amazing ships! This is a very exciting project: to finish the restoration of a real Trireme — the only one in the…
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The incipit of a piece from the Financial Times (tip o’ the pileus to Adrian Murdoch for sending it our way): It was supposed to be a glorious display of British pomp combined with a potent symbol of ancient Greek strength. Under top secret plans, London Olympic organisers came up with the idea of carrying…
rogue classicism 