Examines Plato's Protagoras as a masterpiece of writing where literary and dramatic elements constitute its philosophical import. Part one, "A Dialogue of Contradictions," helps us understand the Protagoras as an exploration ...

This thesis examines the concept and sphere of application of sophrosyne (moderation, temperance) in Plato's Charmides, Republic and Symposium and in Methodius of Olympus' Symposium. It considers Methodius' Symposium as ...

My senior thesis, titled Πολιτικός Ἔρως: Alcibiades’ Love in Thucydides and Plato, concerns the decline of Athenian politics during the late 5th century BCE and the Peloponnesian War. I argue that Thucydides attributes ...