The Monmouth College Department of Classics presents the Twenty-Third Annual Bernice L. Fox Classics Lecture |
by James M. May Professor of Classics, Provost and Dean at St. Olaf College
![]() James M. May has taught at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota since 1977 where he currently serves as Professor of Classics as well as Provost and Dean. A native of Ohio, Prof. May earned a B.S. Ed. (Latin & English) at Kent State University in 1973 and a Ph.D. (Classics) at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1977. With his colleague Anne Groton, he is the co-author of 38 Latin Stories. In 1990 and again in 1993 Prof. May was one of 170 rowers who powered the trireme Olympias, a replica of an ancient Greek warship, around the Aegean Sea. In this talk he will discuss the history of triremes in the ancient world, the projec tto construct a ship according to ancient design and his experiences as a rower on this ship, Olympias.
7:30 P.M. Monday, March 3, 2008 The Morgan Room Poling Hall
Monmouth College |