Greek fire

by Christides, Vassilios

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Greek fire was one of various incendiary weapons, usually thrown by hand, that were used with modest results. A primitive type of Greek fire was used by the Arabs in pre-Islamic times (Christides, Nafṭ, 885), but a well-developed incendiary weapon, frequently called ὑγρὸν πῦρ ( hygron pyr , liquid fire) or θαλάσσιον πῦρ ( thalassion pyr , sea fire) in the Byzantine sources, was developed by the Byzantines at the turn of the eighth century C.E. It played an important role in the constant naval w…

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Greek fire was one of various incendiary weapons, usually thrown by hand, that were used with modest results. A primitive type of Greek fire was used by the Arabs in pre-Islamic times (Christides, Nafṭ, 885), but a well-developed incendiary weapon, frequently called ὑγρὸν πῦρ ( hygron pyr , liquid fire) or θαλάσσιον πῦρ ( thalassion pyr , sea fire) in the Byzantine sources, was developed by the Byzantines at the turn of the eighth century C.E. It played an important role in the constant naval warfare between Arabs and Byzantines, from

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei2210

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eng Islam

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Christides, Vassilios

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