According to the Ancient Greek historian, Thucydides, it was the Corinthians who first developed the trireme, possibly as early as the 7th century BC. (1.12.4 - 13.2) They in turn based their ...

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it ... had three banks of oars and were called ‘triremes’. A trireme needed 170 men to row it - one man to each oar.

In ancient times, Greece wasn't a single country like it ... had three banks of oars and were called ‘triremes’. A trireme needed 170 men to row it - one man to each oar.