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Harris, John

 

Dr.  John Harris

(Associate Professor)

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1997)  
M.A., University of Manitoba (1989) 
B.A.,  University of Manitoba (1986) 

2-11 Tory Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB T6G 2H4
Tel. (780) 492-6467

 

john.harris@ualberta.ca

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Expertise & Research Interests 


Greek language, literature and philosophy


 

Publications
 

Articles:

“Revenge of the Nerds: Xenophanes, Euripides and Socrates vs. Olympic Victors.” American Journal of Philology 130.2 (2009) 157-194.

“Divine Madness and Human Sanity in Plato’s Phaedrus.” Mouseion 50 ser. 3.6 (2006) 387–406.

“Technê and Theia Moira in Plato’s Ion” in Daimonopylai: Essays in Classics and the Classical Tradition Presented to Edmund Berry, edited by Rory B. Egan and Mark A. Joyal (University of Manitoba Centre for Hellenic Civilization, Winnipeg: 2004) 189–198.

“Plato’s Ion and the End of his Symposium Illinois Classical Studies 26 (2001) 81–100.

“The Meaning of Republic 606a3-b5” Classical Quarterly 47 (1997) 301-305 [co-author with Marc Mastrangelo (Dickinson College)].

Reviews:

Angela Hobbs. Plato and the Hero: Courage, Manliness and the Impersonal Good. Cambridge: Cambridge University. In Mouseion 48 ser. 3.4 (2004) 207–212.