Triremes

[rbgarr]

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/07/books/07book.html?ref=global-home

[Thorne]

Wonder if he ever actually rowed on one? A friend of mine went out to Greece twice to row on the recreated Trireme _Olympias_, said it was quite an experience.

http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/rowing/trireme/indock.gif
http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/rowing/trireme/ttintro.html

[rbgarr]

I like the "self assessment test": http://www.atm.ox.ac.uk/rowing/trireme/ttquest.html

[Dan McCosh]

I'm picturing Harvard vs. Yale.