Austin Morris Harmon Ph.D.,

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(28 September 1878,

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— 29 June 1950,

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) was an American classical scholar. He published bilingual editions of

Lucian Lucian of Samosata (Λουκιανὸς ὁ Σαμοσατεύς, 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridi ...

's works in the

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between 1913 and 1936 in a 5-volume series.

Biography

His parents were George B. and Catharine Crowe Harmon. Harmon received his Bachelor of Arts degree from

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in 1903 and his Masters of Arts from

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in 1904. Additionally he studied in

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in 1903-4. He received his PhD in 1908 and LL.D. in 1927.https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/8772-harmon-austin-morris He published two volumes of the Loeb Lucian while being a preceptor in Greek at

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. He was soon recognized as a master translator and editor, and even

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found little to criticize but much to praise. Harmon accepted

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's offer of a professorship in Greek and occupied this post in 1916-23. He changed it for Hillhouse (1923–34) and then for Lampson (1934–45). Although editing and translating Lucian excluded him from most of other scholarly research, Harmon did not finish the task and prepared only 5 volumes of the intended 8 (the 6th was edited by K. Kilburn, the 7th and 8th by

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). He retired in 1945 and died in 1950. He edited vols. 1-5 of '' Yale Classical Studies'' (1928–35) & with others vols. 6-8 (1939–42). He was the president of CANE (1937–38) and of APA (1938–39).

Personal life

He married Grace Newell on 19 December 1907.

Publications

*''The Clausula in

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''. Yale, 1908 (dissertation). Printed: Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Transactions 16 (1911), pp. 118–245 *''Consucidus (''

Miles Gloriosus ''Alazṓn'' () is one of three stock characters in comedy of the theatre of ancient Greece. He is the opponent of the '' eirôn''. The ''alazṓn'' is an impostor that sees himself as greater than he actually is. The ''senex iratus'' (the angr ...

'' 787)''. Hermes 45 (1910), pp. 461–3 *''Protesilaudamia Laevi''. AJP 33 (1912), pp. 186–94 * (LCL)
vol. 1 (1913)vol. 2 (1915)vol. 3 (1921)vol. 4 (1925)vol. 5 (1936)
*''The Poet κατ' ἐξοχήν''. CP 18 (1923), pp. 35–47 *''An Emendation in Lucian's ''

Syrian Goddess Atargatis (known as Derceto by the Greeks) was the chief goddess of northern Syria in Classical antiquity. Primarily she was a fertility goddess, but, as the ''baalat'' ("mistress") of her city and people she was also responsible for their prote ...

. CP 19 (1924), pp. 72–74 *''Greek Vases in the Museum of the American Academy in Rome''. AAR, Memoirs 10 (1932), pp. 103–27 *''The Scene of the ''

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'' of

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''. TAPA 63 (1932), pp. 7–19 *''Egyptian Property Returns''. YCS 4 (1934), pp. 135–230

References

*John Francis Latimer (1994). ''Harmon, Austin Morris''. In:

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harmon, Austin Morris American classical scholars 1878 births 1950 deaths Hellenists Scholars of ancient Greek literature