Marek Winiarczyk
Biographic Data
| ID | 5626386 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marek Winiarczyk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marek |
| FAMILY NAME | Winiarczyk |
| SIGNATURE | WINIARCZYK M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wrocław |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Wolfgang SPEYER, Aus dem Erbe von Antike und Christentum, Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum. Ergänzungsband 40, Münster
Theodoros of Cyrene
Theodoros was exiled from Cyrene in 313 bce and stayed for some time in Athens. He gave public lectures and taught for money. In the first period of his life Theodoros emphasized self‐sufficiency and inner freedom. Therefore he rejected friendship and patriotism and asserted that the universe was his fatherland. Moreover he rejected conventional morality and proclaimed that theft, adultery, and sacrilege were justified by circumstances. His view …
Diagoras of Melos
Diagoras of Melos (lyric poet, 5th c. B.C.) has received special attention for some time now because he was regarded as a radical atheist and the author of a prose work on atheism in antiquity. He was notorious for revealing and ridiculing the Eleusinian Mysteries and was condemned for impiety at Athens. The present book evaluates Diagoras' biography and shows that he cannot be considered to have been an atheist in the modern sense
The "Sacred History" of Euhemerus of Messene
In his utopian novel Hiera Anagraphe ( Sacred History ) Euhemerus of Messene (ca. 300 B.C.) describes his travel to the island Panchaia in the Indian Ocean where he discovered an inscribed stele in the temple of Zeus Triphylius. It turned out that the Olympian gods (Uranos, Kronos, Zeus) were deified kings. The travels of Zeus allowed to describe peoples and places all over the world. Winiarczyk investigates the sources of the theological views o…
Die hellenistischen Utopien
Despite their marginal existence in research, Utopian novels written in the Hellenistic period were very popular in Antiquity and inspired a number of authors in the modern period (Th. Morus, T. Campanella). This book tries to close this gap in specialist literature: the author takes a close look at various utopian writings, however, the book is not only limited to analysis of the writings, it also discusses their philosophical, historical, ethno…
Euhemeros von Messene
The "Sacred History" of Euhemerus of Messene
In his utopian novel Hiera Anagraphe ( Sacred History ) Euhemerus of Messene (ca. 300 B.C.) describes his travel to the island Panchaia in the Indian Ocean where he discovered an inscribed stele in the temple of Zeus Triphylius. It turned out that the Olympian gods (Uranos, Kronos, Zeus) were deified kings. The travels of Zeus allowed to describe peoples and places all over the world. Winiarczyk investigates the sources of the theological views o…
Diagoras of Melos
Diagoras of Melos (lyric poet, 5th c. B.C.) has received special attention for some time now because he was regarded as a radical atheist and the author of a prose work on atheism in antiquity. He was notorious for revealing and ridiculing the Eleusinian Mysteries and was condemned for impiety at Athens. The present book evaluates Diagoras' biography and shows that he cannot be considered to have been an atheist in the modern sense
Euhemeros von Messene
Die hellenistischen Utopien
Despite their marginal existence in research, Utopian novels written in the Hellenistic period were very popular in Antiquity and inspired a number of authors in the modern period (Th. Morus, T. Campanella). This book tries to close this gap in specialist literature: the author takes a close look at various utopian writings, however, the book is not only limited to analysis of the writings, it also discusses their philosophical, historical, ethno…
The "Sacred History" of Euhemerus of Messene
In his utopian novel Hiera Anagraphe ( Sacred History ) Euhemerus of Messene (ca. 300 B.C.) describes his travel to the island Panchaia in the Indian Ocean where he discovered an inscribed stele in the temple of Zeus Triphylius. It turned out that the Olympian gods (Uranos, Kronos, Zeus) were deified kings. The travels of Zeus allowed to describe peoples and places all over the world. Winiarczyk investigates the sources of the theological views o…
Diagoras of Melos
Diagoras of Melos (lyric poet, 5th c. B.C.) has received special attention for some time now because he was regarded as a radical atheist and the author of a prose work on atheism in antiquity. He was notorious for revealing and ridiculing the Eleusinian Mysteries and was condemned for impiety at Athens. The present book evaluates Diagoras' biography and shows that he cannot be considered to have been an atheist in the modern sense
Theodoros of Cyrene
Theodoros was exiled from Cyrene in 313 bce and stayed for some time in Athens. He gave public lectures and taught for money. In the first period of his life Theodoros emphasized self‐sufficiency and inner freedom. Therefore he rejected friendship and patriotism and asserted that the universe was his fatherland. Moreover he rejected conventional morality and proclaimed that theft, adultery, and sacrilege were justified by circumstances. His view …
Wolfgang SPEYER, Aus dem Erbe von Antike und Christentum, Jahrbuch für Antike und Christentum. Ergänzungsband 40, Münster
Art (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Greek (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Mythology (2 works) · Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (2 works) · Theology (2 works) · Utopias in literature (2 works)