#ships — Public Fediverse posts

“Now I will tell the captains of the ships, and all the ships together”*…

Ethan Mollick has created a new site that’s fascinating in two different ways. First and most overtly, it’s a beautiful (and thorough) visualization and explanation of the ships used by the protagonists of The Iliad.

But at the same time, it is a powerful demonstration of (at least one of) the ways that AI might be useful in scholarship and education: Mollick spun up the site last month, using Claude…

In the second book of the Iliad the poet pauses on the brink of the first battle, calls on the Muses, and counts the fleet: twenty-nine contingents, forty-six captains, some 178 place-names, 1,186 ships [and by Thucydides’ reckoning, around 100,000 men]. This site puts every entry on the map, rebuilds the ships from the archaeological evidence [pictured on this site], and lets you read the lines beside the ruins they describe…

“The Catalogue of Ships” from @emollick.bsky.social.

* Homer/The Poet, The Iliad, Book 2, lines 492-3

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As we set sail, we might recall that it was on this date in 331 BCE (long, long ago– but hundreds of years after the action described in The Iliad) that Alexander the Great and the Army of Macedon defeated King Darius III and his Persian Army in the Battle of Gaugamela, effectively the final blow to the Achaemenid Empire, resulting in its complete conquest by Alexander.

“Now I will tell the captains of the ships, and all the ships together”*…

Ethan Mollick has created a new site that’s fascinating in two different ways. First and most overtly, it’s a beautiful (and thorough) visualization and explanation of the ships used by the protagonists of The Iliad.

But at the same time, it is a powerful demonstration of (at least one of) the ways that AI might be useful in scholarship and education: Mollick spun up the site last month, using Claude…

In the second book of the Iliad the poet pauses on the brink of the first battle, calls on the Muses, and counts the fleet: twenty-nine contingents, forty-six captains, some 178 place-names, 1,186 ships [and by Thucydides’ reckoning, around 100,000 men]. This site puts every entry on the map, rebuilds the ships from the archaeological evidence [pictured on this site], and lets you read the lines beside the ruins they describe…

“The Catalogue of Ships” from @emollick.bsky.social.

* Homer/The Poet, The Iliad, Book 2, lines 492-3

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As we set sail, we might recall that it was on this date in 331 BCE (long, long ago– but hundreds of years after the action described in The Iliad) that Alexander the Great and the Army of Macedon defeated King Darius III and his Persian Army in the Battle of Gaugamela, effectively the final blow to the Achaemenid Empire, resulting in its complete conquest by Alexander.

“Now I will tell the captains of the ships, and all the ships together”*…

Ethan Mollick has created a new site that’s fascinating in two different ways. First and most overtly, it’s a beautiful (and thorough) visualization and explanation of the ships used by the protagonists of The Iliad.

But at the same time, it is a powerful demonstration of (at least one of) the ways that AI might be useful in scholarship and education: Mollick spun up the site last month, using Claude…

In the second book of the Iliad the poet pauses on the brink of the first battle, calls on the Muses, and counts the fleet: twenty-nine contingents, forty-six captains, some 178 place-names, 1,186 ships [and by Thucydides’ reckoning, around 100,000 men]. This site puts every entry on the map, rebuilds the ships from the archaeological evidence [pictured on this site], and lets you read the lines beside the ruins they describe…

“The Catalogue of Ships” from @emollick.bsky.social.

* Homer/The Poet, The Iliad, Book 2, lines 492-3

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As we set sail, we might recall that it was on this date in 331 BCE (long, long ago– but hundreds of years after the action described in The Iliad) that Alexander the Great and the Army of Macedon defeated King Darius III and his Persian Army in the Battle of Gaugamela, effectively the final blow to the Achaemenid Empire, resulting in its complete conquest by Alexander.

“Now I will tell the captains of the ships, and all the ships together”*…

Ethan Mollick has created a new site that’s fascinating in two different ways. First and most overtly, it’s a beautiful (and thorough) visualization and explanation of the ships used by the protagonists of The Iliad.

But at the same time, it is a powerful demonstration of (at least one of) the ways that AI might be useful in scholarship and education: Mollick spun up the site last month, using Claude…

In the second book of the Iliad the poet pauses on the brink of the first battle, calls on the Muses, and counts the fleet: twenty-nine contingents, forty-six captains, some 178 place-names, 1,186 ships [and by Thucydides’ reckoning, around 100,000 men]. This site puts every entry on the map, rebuilds the ships from the archaeological evidence [pictured on this site], and lets you read the lines beside the ruins they describe…

“The Catalogue of Ships” from @emollick.bsky.social.

* Homer/The Poet, The Iliad, Book 2, lines 492-3

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As we set sail, we might recall that it was on this date in 331 BCE (long, long ago– but hundreds of years after the action described in The Iliad) that Alexander the Great and the Army of Macedon defeated King Darius III and his Persian Army in the Battle of Gaugamela, effectively the final blow to the Achaemenid Empire, resulting in its complete conquest by Alexander.

Dublin Port, August 28, 2026. An abstract aboard MV Ulysses under autumnal sunset skies.

#photography #monochrome #ships #abstract

Dublin Port, August 28, 2026. An abstract aboard MV Ulysses under autumnal sunset skies.

#photography #monochrome #ships #abstract

Dublin Port, August 28, 2026. An abstract aboard MV Ulysses under autumnal sunset skies.

#photography #monochrome #ships #abstract

Dublin Port, August 28, 2026. An abstract aboard MV Ulysses under autumnal sunset skies.

#photography #monochrome #ships #abstract

#introduction post:

I'm Badger (or Abyss) 🕳️🦡 Lurker from #Ireland who doesn't usually talk all that much, but likes to occasionally share Neat Things. Trying to learn more (mainly language, bookbinding, and simple art) and trying to be outside more.

Here's some of my interests: #books, #gaming, #writing, #nature, #journaling, #mushrooms, #horror, #poetry, #ships, the #ocean, the Amundsen/Scott/Shackleton expeditions, and others.

I am not particularly exciting and not very good at talking. :Blobhaj_Shock:

#introduction post:

I'm Badger (or Abyss) 🕳️🦡 Lurker from #Ireland who doesn't usually talk all that much, but likes to occasionally share Neat Things. Trying to learn more (mainly language, bookbinding, and simple art) and trying to be outside more.

Here's some of my interests: #books, #gaming, #writing, #nature, #journaling, #mushrooms, #horror, #poetry, #ships, the #ocean, the Amundsen/Scott/Shackleton expeditions, and others.

I am not particularly exciting and not very good at talking. :Blobhaj_Shock:

#introduction post:

I'm Badger (or Abyss) 🕳️🦡 Lurker from #Ireland who doesn't usually talk all that much, but likes to occasionally share Neat Things. Trying to learn more (mainly language, bookbinding, and simple art) and trying to be outside more.

Here's some of my interests: #books, #gaming, #writing, #nature, #journaling, #mushrooms, #horror, #poetry, #ships, the #ocean, the Amundsen/Scott/Shackleton expeditions, and others.

I am not particularly exciting and not very good at talking. :Blobhaj_Shock:

#introduction post:

I'm Badger (or Abyss) 🕳️🦡 Lurker from #Ireland who doesn't usually talk all that much, but likes to occasionally share Neat Things. Trying to learn more (mainly language, bookbinding, and simple art) and trying to be outside more.

Here's some of my interests: #books, #gaming, #writing, #nature, #journaling, #mushrooms, #horror, #poetry, #ships, the #ocean, the Amundsen/Scott/Shackleton expeditions, and others.

I am not particularly exciting and not very good at talking. :Blobhaj_Shock:

#introduction post:

I'm Badger (or Abyss) 🕳️🦡 Lurker from #Ireland who doesn't usually talk all that much, but likes to occasionally share Neat Things. Trying to learn more (mainly language, bookbinding, and simple art) and trying to be outside more.

Here's some of my interests: #books, #gaming, #writing, #nature, #journaling, #mushrooms, #horror, #poetry, #ships, the #ocean, the Amundsen/Scott/Shackleton expeditions, and others.

I am not particularly exciting and not very good at talking. :Blobhaj_Shock:

Gray Line Sightseer Excursion Boat Postcard
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#GrayLine #Boats #VintagePostcard #ships #MaritimeHistory #ephemera #Tourism

Gray Line Sightseer Excursion Boat Postcard
.
#GrayLine #Boats #VintagePostcard #ships #MaritimeHistory #ephemera #Tourism

Gray Line Sightseer Excursion Boat Postcard
.
#GrayLine #Boats #VintagePostcard #ships #MaritimeHistory #ephemera #Tourism

Gray Line Sightseer Excursion Boat Postcard
.
#GrayLine #Boats #VintagePostcard #ships #MaritimeHistory #ephemera #Tourism