1. Gunpowder was the lineal successor of the Greek fire.

2. Like the rival film, Greek Fire focuses on the love affair between Callas and Onassis.

3. Greek Fire -"This creature's Area Attack allows its ranged attacks to strike all targets, friendly or hostile near the target, with deadly fire. " This is also an attribute of the Catapult.

4. The ancient Babylonians built walls and towers with asphalt, the Chinese drilled for "rock oil" to provide heating and lighting, and the Byzantines sprayed "Greek fire" as an incendiary weapon.

5. Byzantine soldiers learned that Greek fire, a Byzantine invention of the previous century, could not only be thrown by flamethrowers at the enemy, but also in stone and ceramic jars.

6. Byzantine hand grenades with Greek fire in the 10th to 12th centuries are on display in the National Museum at Athens.

7. A highly flammable material, such as Greek fire, once used in warfare.

8. The Fire Ship is a Byzantine Dromon modified to carry a medieval version of the flame thrower used to spew out Greek Fire at unfortunate does.