Hannah Willey
Biographic Data
| ID | 5626567 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hannah Willey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hannah |
| FAMILY NAME | Willey |
| SIGNATURE | WILLEY H |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Reassessing the Peloponnesian War
Modern accounts of the great war between the Athenians and the Spartans in the late fifth century BC have simply reanalysed the gripping analysis of military and political events given by Thucydides. But a great deal of other evidence survives from this best-known of all periods of Athenian history. This book exploits that evidence and our rich knowledge of ancient Greek society to reveal the Peloponnesian War as not just an event but an experien…
Gods and heroes, humans and animals in ancient Greek myth
Myths frequently deal with extremes, and the author's interest is chiefly in the exceptional. This chapter explores the diverse ways in which animals help to frame not just the human condition in general but the distinctiveness of special individuals or of individuals at exceptional moments. To this end, the chapter offers two primary test cases. The first examines some of the ways in which animals help to define what it is to be a hero. The chap…
Gods and men in ancient Greek conceptions of lawgiving
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Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion
Studied for many years by scholars with Christianising assumptions, Greek religion has often been said to be quite unlike Christianity: a matter of particular actions (orthopraxy), rather than particular beliefs (orthodoxies). This volume dares to think that, both in and through religious practices and in and through religious thought and literature, the ancient Greeks engaged in a sustained conversation about the nature of the gods and how to re…
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Gods and men in ancient Greek conceptions of lawgiving
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Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion
Studied for many years by scholars with Christianising assumptions, Greek religion has often been said to be quite unlike Christianity: a matter of particular actions (orthopraxy), rather than particular beliefs (orthodoxies). This volume dares to think that, both in and through religious practices and in and through religious thought and literature, the ancient Greeks engaged in a sustained conversation about the nature of the gods and how to re…
Gods and heroes, humans and animals in ancient Greek myth
Myths frequently deal with extremes, and the author's interest is chiefly in the exceptional. This chapter explores the diverse ways in which animals help to frame not just the human condition in general but the distinctiveness of special individuals or of individuals at exceptional moments. To this end, the chapter offers two primary test cases. The first examines some of the ways in which animals help to define what it is to be a hero. The chap…
Reassessing the Peloponnesian War
Modern accounts of the great war between the Athenians and the Spartans in the late fifth century BC have simply reanalysed the gripping analysis of military and political events given by Thucydides. But a great deal of other evidence survives from this best-known of all periods of Athenian history. This book exploits that evidence and our rich knowledge of ancient Greek society to reveal the Peloponnesian War as not just an event but an experien…
Art (3 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (3 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Mythology (2 works) · Ancient Greek (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Ancient Near East History (1 works)