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The Monmouth College Department of Classics presents the Twenty-Third Annual Bernice L. Fox Classics Lecture |
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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
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