Sunderland Echo

'Wild dippers' help carry Greek galley model into the sea at Sunderland ahead of The Odyssey production

‘Wild dippers’ helped carry a model Greek galley into the chilly North Sea as a national theatre production takes to the stage in Sunderland. The galley is in the city to help publicise the new ...
Sunderland Echo

Odysseus' Greek galley ship weighs anchor at Penshaw Monument as The Odyssey comes to Sunderland

A Greek galley ship weighed anchor at an iconic Wearside landmark to mark the arrival of The Odyssey in Sunderland. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Sunderland Echo, you can get unlimited ...
The Northern Echo

Homer's The Odyssey retold at The Fire Station, Sunderland

A GREEK galley has weighed anchor at one of the North East’s most iconic landmarks to publicise the arrival of an epic. Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, has been reimagined for today in a retelling ...
Navy Times

Greek navy offers taste of life in ancient galleys

Visitors row the Olympias, a replica of an ancient galley, at Saronic gulf in southern Athens. The 37-meter (121-foot) wooden vessel moored off southern Athens is an experimental reconstruction of the ...