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A couple of factually misleading points here, for reference:

(1) The Greek for "rock" is "petra", not "petros". ("Petros" comes from when Jesus made a pun on the word in giving Simon Peter his new name -- "petra"/"rock" is feminine; "petros", the form Jesus invented, is masculine.)

(2) There's no certainty that Greek fire contained petroleum. There are several other possibilities, and no particular reason to prefer the petroleum hypothesis.
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