an incendiary (causing or designed to
cause fires) material used in medieval warfare, described as able to
burn in water. So he invented gunpowder; before that he invented
catapults, Greek
fire; before that, why, he invented pebbles and stone axes.
an incendiary (causing or designed to
cause fires) material used in medieval warfare, described as able to
burn in water.
a flammable chemical mixture introduced by the Greeks in the seventh century A.D. and used with great
effectiveness in warfare. Greek
fire, the composition of which is unknown, was said to
burn furiously and could not be extinguished with water. It was used to
set fire to
enemy ships, employed on
flaming arrows and in
pots that were hurled at an
enemy. With the introduction of gunpowder around the thirteenth century and weapons such as the cannon, the
use of Greek
fire began to
decline.