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Research interests
Greta Hawes is a scholar of Greek myth. She studies how and why the Greeks told stories, and is particularly drawn to the lesser-known contexts for ancient storytelling.
Her research is currently focused on the local nature of Greek myth and the ways in which communal storytelling changed and adapted in times of crisis. She co-directs MANTO, a digital model that shows how myths impacted the historical landscape of the Mediterranean, and Canopos, a repository for open access translations of mythographic texts.
In the past, she worked a lot on ancient ideas about how myths should be understood and interpreted, particularly in historicist writings.
You can read a lot of her publications on Academia.edu.
Research student supervision
Greta is always keen to hear from prospective researchers interested in exploring Greek myth and digital modelling of narrative traditions.
Education/Academic qualification
Classics , PhD , The rationalisation of myth in antiquity , University of Bristol
Award Date: 1 Jun 2011
External positions
Research Associate, Center for Hellenic Studies
Commissioning Editor, The Classical Review
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Estudios sobre tradición, transmisión y recepción de la mitografía griega, antigüedad, medievo y humanismo
1/01/20 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Estudios sobre transmisión y recepción de Paléfato y la exégesis racionalista de los mitos
1/01/16 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
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Theseus' imperial topographies
Smith, R. S., Hawes, G. & Toumpas, A., Feb 2025, (Accepted/In press) Greek literary topographies in the Roman imperial world. Downie, J. & Peterson, A. (eds.). Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., p. 67-83 17 p. (Ancient Environments).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Matrilineal succession in Greek myth
Hawes, G. & Selth, R., May 2024, In: Classical Quarterly. 74, 1, p. 1-23 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rationalizing mythic monsters in antiquity
Hawes, G., 2024, The Oxford handbook of monsters in classical myth. Felton, D. (ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, p. 344-355 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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How to write a local history of imperial Greek cults: observations from Pausanias
Hawes, G., 2023, The local horizon of ancient Greek religion. Beck, H. & Kindt, J. (eds.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (CUP), p. 342-361 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Greek myth
Hawes, G., 18 Jul 2022, Oxford research encyclopedia of religion. Barton, J. (ed.). Oxford University Press, p. 1-23 23 p. (Oxford Research Encyclopedias).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary/reference book › peer-review
Prizes
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Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities
Hawes, Greta (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Honorary award