Curriculum Vitae

WILLIAM M. MURRAY

Department of History, University of South Florida

4202 E Fowler Ave., SOC 107, Tampa, FL 33620-8100

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EDUCATION

1970-74: B.A. (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa) in History, The Pennsylvania State University.

1973: Summer Session II, American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece.

1978-80: Regular Member and Vanderpool Fellow, Amer. Sch. of Class. Stud. at Athens, Greece.

1974-82: Ph.D. in Ancient History, University of Pennsylvania (Dissertation: The Coastal Sites of W. Akarnania: A

Topographical-Historical Survey; Readers: A.J. Graham, N.G.L. Hammond, J.D. Muhly).

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TEACHING/RESEARCH APPOINTMENTS

Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania: 1977, 1981-82.

Assistant Professor, University of South Florida: 1982-87.

Gertrude Smith Professor (Director of Summer Session), Amer. School of Class. Stud. at Athens: 1986.

Associate Professor, University of South Florida: 1987-present.

Whitehead Visiting Professor, American School of Classical Studies at Athens: 1995-96.

Maurice Hatter Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Haifa: 1997 (summer).

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AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Greek Hty. and Archaeology, Ancient Greek and Roman Naval Hty., Ancient Seafaring, Ancient Warfare

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PUBLICATIONS: Monographs

Octavian's Campsite Memorial for the Actian War, Vol. 79, part 4 of Transactions of the American

Philosophical Society (Philadelphia 1989).

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

"The Ancient Harbour of Palairos," in Harbour Archaeology, A. Raban, ed., Vol. 257 of British

, International Series (1985) 67-80.

"The Location of Nasos and its Place in History," Hesperia 54 (1985) 97-108.

"The Weight of Trireme Rams and the Price of Bronze in Fourth-Century Athens," Greek Roman and

26 (1985) 141-50.

"Do Modern Winds Equal Ancient Winds?," Mediterranean Historical Review 2 (1987), 139-67.

"The Ancient Harbour Mole at Leukas, Greece," in Archaeology and Coastal Changes, Proceedings of the

, A. Raban, ed., Vol. 404 of British Archaeological Reports, International Series (1988) 101-18.

"The Spoils of Actium," Archaeology 41.5 (1988) 28-35.

"The Provenience and Date: The Evidence of the Symbols," in The Athlit Ram, L. Casson and J.R. Steffy,

eds. (College Station, TX, 1991) 51-66.

"The Classification of the Athlit Ship: A Preliminary Report," in The Athlit Ram, L. Casson and J.R. Steffy,

eds. (College Station, TX, 1991) 72-75.

"Le trophée naval de la victoire d'Actium," in Marine Antique, No. 183 of Les Dossiers d'Archéologie (Juin

1993) 66-73.

"Een nieuwe kijk op de Slag bij Actium" (A New Perspective on the Battle of Actium), in Lampas, ed. F.

Meijer, Vol. 26.3 (1993) 206-23.

"Ancient sailing winds in the eastern Mediterranean: the case for Cyprus," Proc. of the Internat. Sympos.,

"Cyprus and the Sea," 1993, V. Karageorghis and D. Michaelides, eds. (Nicosia, 1995) 33-44.

"Polyremes from the Battle of Actium: Some Construction Details," Tropis IV, Proceedings of the 4th

Internat. Symposium on Ship Construction in Antiquity, 1991, H. Tzalas, ed. (Athens, 1996) 335-50.

"Polyereis and the Role of the Ram in Hellenistic Naval Warfare," Tropis V, Proc. of the 5th Internat.

Symposium on Ship Construction in Antiquity, 1993 (H. Tzalas, ed.), forthcoming.

"Reconsidering the Battle of Actium: The Results of the 1993 Underwater Survey off Actium," Proc. of

the 11th Naval History Symposium, US Naval Academy (October 21 - 23, 1993), forthcoming.

Contributor to S. Hornblower and A. Spawforth, eds., The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd ed. (Oxford,

1996). [entries: Actium, Acarnan, Acarnania, Achelous, Nicopolis, Acheron, Ephyra/Nekyomanteion, Oeniadae, Pleuron, Aetolous, Anticyra, Amphissa, Naupactus, Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Ithaca, Aetolia, Cassope, Callipolis, Cephallenia, Zacynthus, Corcyra]

Contributor to J.P. Delgado, ed., Encyclopedia of Underwater and Maritime Archaeology (British Museum

Press: London, 1997). [entries: Athlit Ram, Actian Naval Monument]

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PAPERS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES (relevant to nautical matters)

"Oiniadai's Harbor Fortress, Polyb. 4.65, and a New Survey," Archaeol. Inst. of America, New Orleans, Dec. 1980.

"Modern Winds from Ancient Texts," American Philological Association, San Francisco, Dec. 1981.

"The Relative Rise in Sea Level Along Akarnania's Western Coast Since Antiquity," Archaeol. Inst. of America,

Philadelphia, Dec. 1982.

"The Extraordinary Sale of Trireme Rams in 325/24 B.C.," American Philological Association, Toronto, Dec. 1984.

"The Ship-Type of the Athlit Ram," Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Minneapolis, April 1985.

"The Symbols on the Athlit Ram," Archaeological Institute of America, Washington, D.C., Dec. 1985.

"The Ancient Harbor of Leukas," 1st International Symposim on Harbours, Port Cities and Coastal Topography,

Haifa, Israel, September 1986.

"Octavian's War Memorial at Nikopolis," Archaeological Institute of America, San Antonio, TX, Dec. 1986.

"Architectural Propaganda: Octavian's Memorial for the Battle of Actium," Southern Conference on Classical and

Mediterranean Archaeology, Florida State University, March, 1987.

"Lord of the Prows, Augustus and the Rostra of the Roman Forum," Southern Conf. on Class. and Mediterranean

Archaeology, Emory University, April, 1988; and Archaeological Institute of America, Baltimore, Jan. 1989.

"Augustus and the Historical Tradition of the Battle of Actium," Amer. Philological Association, Boston, Dec. 1989.

"Antony's Polyremes at Actium: Some Construction Details," Fourth International Symposium on Ship Construction

in Antiquity, Athens (Greece), August 28 - September 1, 1991.

"New Evidence for the Battle of Actium," American Philological Association, New Orleans, Dec. 1992.

"Polyereis and the Role of the Ram in Hellenistic Naval Warfare," Fifth Internat. Symposium on Ship Construction

in Antiquity, Nauplia (Greece), August 26 - 29, 1993.

"Ancient sailing winds in the eastern Mediterranean: the case for Cyprus," International Symposium "Cyprus and

the Sea," Nicosia (Cyprus), September 27 - 30, 1993.

"Reconsidering the Battle of Actium: The Results of the 1993 Underwater Survey off Actium," Eleventh Naval

History Symposium, United States Naval Academy, October 21 - 23, 1993.

"The Actium Project: A Search for Remains from the Battle of Actium," Archaeological Institute of America,

Washington, DC, Dec. 1993.

"In Search of an Ancient Naval Battle: Theory and Method," Res Maritimae 1994: Cyprus and the Eastern

Mediterranean (The 2nd Internat. Symposium--"Cities on the Sea"), Nicosia (Cyprus), October 18-22, 1994.

"Evidence for Reconstructing the Battle of Actium: A Progress Report," American School of Classical Studies at

Athens, January 1996.

"The Use of Catapults in Hellenistic Naval Warfare," 6th International Symposium on Ship Construction in

Antiquity, Lamia (Greece), August 1996.

"Catapults and the Evolution of Hellenistic Naval Power," Hellenic Association of Ancient Technology (EMAET),

National Polytyechneion University (Athens, Greece), October 1996.

"The Leontophoros of Lysimachos," American Philological Association, New York, Dec., 1996.

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FIELDWORK: PROJECTS DIRECTED (or co-directed)

Director, Akarnania Coastal Survey Project, University of South Florida, 1983.

Director, Rostrate Wall Survey Project (at Nikopolis), 1986.

Co-Director, East Lokris Survey Project (with Prof. John E. Coleman of Cornell Univ.), 1988, 1989.

Director, The Actium Project: 1993, 1994, 1997 (co-directed with Dr. E. Hadjidaki in 1993 and Mr. D. Kazianis in

1994, both of the Greek Ministry of Culture's Dept. of Marine Antiquities).