Greta Hawes, Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, Australian National University
Greta Hawes is a lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the Australian National University. She specializes in the study of Greek myth, particularly the examination of ancient contexts for storytelling, the Greeks' assessment of mythic phenomena in their own culture, and the modes of interpretation to which these gave rise. Her first book, Rationalizing Myth in Antiquity (OUP, 2014), charts ancient dissatisfaction with the excesses of myth and various attempts to cut them down to size; it argues that this rationalizing tradition offers important insights into the practical difficulties inherent in distinguishing myth from history in antiquity and into the fragmented nature of myth itself as an emic concept. Her current research explores the spatial dynamics of ancient storytelling and the various intricate relationships between myths and land. She is currently working on a project exploring the place of myth in an ancient travel guide, the Periegesis of Pausanias (2nd century AD).
Frontmatter List of Figures List of Contributors 0. Of Myths and Maps, Greta Hawes 1. Walking through History: Unlocking the Mythical Past, Katherine Clarke 2. Cities-Before-Cities: 'Prefoundational' Myth and the Construction of Greek Civic Space, Daniel W. Berman 3. Landscapes of the Cyclopes, Richard Buxton 4. Mapping the Hellespont with Leander and Hero: 'The Swimming Lover and the Nightly Bride', Elizabeth Minchin 5. Centaurs and Lapiths in the Landscape of Thessaly, Emma Aston 6. Meddling with Myth in Thebes: A New Vase from the Ismenion Hill (Thebes Museum 49276), Stephanie Larson 7. Callimachus and the Poetics of the Diaspora, Jeremy McInerney 8. Pausanias' Arcadia, Between Conservatism and Innovation, Julie Baleriaux 9. Rivers Run Through It: Environmental History in Two Heroic Riverine Battles, Christina A. Salowey 10. Fountains as Reservoirs of Myth and Memory, Betsey A. Robinson 11. Scandalous Maps in Aeschylean Tragedy, Aara Suksi 12. Imaginary Islands in the Hellenistic Era: Utopia on the Geographical Map, Iris Sulimani 13. Imaginary Itineraries in the Beyond, Robert L. Fowler 14. Islands of Knowledge: Space and Names in Imperial Mythography, Charles Delattre 15. Serpents in the Soul: The 'Libyan Myth' of Dio Chrysostom, Richard Hunter Endmatter Bibliography Index locorum General index
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