Comments by "king james488" (@kingjames4886) on "What Was Greek Fire? - History" video.

well it floats... so it's probably some sort of burning fat or oil... probably with some sort of pitch or sticky tree resin added. seems like there's some sort of pre-heater in the system, so either it's too thick or has too high of a flashpoint in it's raw form. wonder if it's as simple as lard and pine sap :P
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you also have to remember that something that may be the simplest scientific fact may have seemed like magic to an ancient person. for all we know the "secret" is as simple an an emulsifier to combine fat and water based sap... also I've never heard that it needed to be stored under pressure and honestly that seems unrealistic. really, most of the accounts of things like "burning on water" and "setting fire to whatever it touches" could be true for a simple oil fire... they'd probably think a disaster like an oil rig blowout was the wrath of the gods ffs lol.
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@Xaris Xeros i think you're misinformed...
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@Xaris Xeros ok, you obviously have more to say about it than I do...
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