Still trying to find some decent contemporary reports of what Dupre actually had. Problem is , lots and lots of people came up with a formula for another "burny stuff we can throw over enemies" , and excitedly called it "Greek Fire".
The original Greek Fire does seem to have had an extra something that really rattled people, the way just "burny stuff" wouldn't have. Whether Dupre actually re-discovered that, not so sure.
There doesn't seem much contemporary mention of it, apparently he demonstrated *something* to some senior nobles. They reported to the King, who yawned and chucked the formula into the fire, unread. That's about as far as contemporary reporting goes. Lots and lots of later writers all copying one another, "M. Dupre re-discovered Greek Fire" .
The OP , though, was Greek Fire never lost.
The original Greek Fire does seem to have had an extra something that really rattled people, the way just "burny stuff" wouldn't have. Whether Dupre actually re-discovered that, not so sure.
There doesn't seem much contemporary mention of it, apparently he demonstrated *something* to some senior nobles. They reported to the King, who yawned and chucked the formula into the fire, unread. That's about as far as contemporary reporting goes. Lots and lots of later writers all copying one another, "M. Dupre re-discovered Greek Fire" .
The OP , though, was Greek Fire never lost.