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Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception

Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception presents scholarly monographs offering new and innovative research and debate to students and scholars in the reception of Classical Studies. Each volume will explore the appropriation, reconceptualization and recontextualization of various aspects of the Graeco-Roman world and its culture, looking at the impact of the ancient world on modernity. Research will also cover reception within antiquity, the theory and practice of translation, and reception theory.

Also available in the Series:

ANCIENT MAGIC AND THE SUPERNATURAL IN THE MODERN VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS

edited by Filippo Carl & Irene Berti

ANCIENT GREEK MYTH IN WORLD FICTION SINCE 1989

edited by Justine McConnell & Edith Hall

CLASSICS IN EXTREMIS

edited by Edmund Richardson

FRANKENSTEIN AND ITS CLASSICS

edited by Jesse Weiner, Benjamin Eldon Stevens & Brett M. Rogers

GREEK AND ROMAN CLASSICS IN THE BRITISH STRUGGLE FOR SOCIAL REFORM

edited by Henry Stead & Edith Hall

HOMERS ILIAD AND THE TROJAN WAR: DIALOGUES ON TRADITION

by Jan Haywood & Naose Mac Sweeney

IMAGINING XERXES

by Emma Bridges

JULIUS CAESARS SELF-CREATED IMAGE AND ITS DRAMATIC AFTERLIFE

by Miryana Dimitrova

OVIDS MYTH OF PYGMALION ON SCREEN

by Paula James

READING POETRY, WRITING GENRE

edited by Silvio Br & Emily Hauser

THE CODEX FORI MUSSOLINI

by Han Lamers and Bettina Reitz-Joosse

THE GENTLE, JEALOUS GOD

by Simon Perris

VICTORIAN CLASSICAL BURLESQUES

by Laura Monrs-Gaspar

VICTORIAN EPIC BURLESQUES

by Rachel Bryant Davies

ONCE AND FUTURE ANTIQUITIES IN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY

edited by Brett M. Rogers & Benjamin Eldon Stevens

Frontpiece From a sketch by Hunter. In John Hunter, An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (London: Stockdale, 1793). Courtesy of The University of Newcastle Library, Cultural Collections

Frontpiece [Detail] From a sketch by Hunter. In John Hunter, An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (London: Stockdale, 1793). Courtesy of The University of Newcastle Library, Cultural Collections

A Family of New South Wales. In John Hunter, An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (London: Stockdale, 1793). Courtesy of The University of Newcastle Library, Cultural Collections

Man of the Islands, called Lord Howe Group. In John Hunter, An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (London: Stockdale, 1793). Courtesy of The University of Newcastle Library, Cultural Collections

Port Jackson Painter. A Native Wounded while asleep, c. 178897. Courtesy of the Natural History Museum

William Hetzer. Upper Gallery New Wing Australian Museum. Sydney, 1866. Courtesy of Trove (National Library of Australia)

Sydney Parkinson. New Zealand War Canoe bidding defiance to the Ship, 1770. British Library. Add.Ms.23920f.50

John James Barralet. A war canoe of New Zealand, with a view of Gable End Foreland. In John Hawkesworth, An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere (London: W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1773). Vol. 3. Courtesy of The University of Newcastle Library, Cultural Collections

Agamemnon cast, University of Sydney, 1886. Courtesy of the University of Sydney Archives

Agamemnon cast, Balliol College, 1880. Courtesy of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama (APGRD), University of Oxford

Professor Walter Scott, 1893. Courtesy of the University of Sydney Archives

The Great Hall, 1886. Courtesy of the University of Sydney Archives

The Agamemnon of Aeschylus, Australian Town and Country Journal, 19 June 1886. Courtesy of Trove (National Library of Australia)

Agamemnon (Robert Maddox) enters in his chariot, greeted by Clytemnestra (Freda Lesslie). Sydney University Classical Society, Wallace Theatre, 1952. Courtesy of the William Ritchie Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama in New South Wales, Centre for Classical and Near Eastern Studies of Australia (CCANESA), University of Sydney

Clytemnestra (Freda Lesslie) stands over the body of Agamemnon (Robert Maddox), with Aegisthus (Roderick Meagher) looking on. Sydney University Classical Society, Wallace Theatre, 1952. Courtesy of the William Ritchie Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama in New South Wales (CCANESA), University of Sydney

Molly Trevaskis, Georgia Britt, Werrdan Khoury (at rear); Jordan Stam, Hannah Cox, Kendra Murphy, Ian Ferrington, Bridget Haberecht, Xavier Holt (at front), Agamemnon, Sydney University Dramatic Society (SUDS), Great Hall, University of Sydney, 2015. Victoria Baldwin

Werrdan Khoury and Victoria Zerbst, Agamemnon, SUDS, Great Hall, University of Sydney, 2015. Victoria Baldwin

Xavier Holt, Agamemnon, SUDS, Great Hall, University of Sydney, 2015. Victoria Baldwin

Scene from the 2005 production of Wesley Enochs Black Medea at Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney. Medea (Margaret Harvey) and Jason (Aaron Pedersen). Image Heidrun Lhr

Scene from the 2005 production of Wesley Enochs Black Medea at Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney. Chorus (Justine Saunders). Image Heidrun Lhr

Scene from the 2005 production of Wesley Enochs Black Medea at Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney. Set design by Christina Smith. Image Heidrun Lhr

Dorothy Napangardi. Salt on Mina Mina, 2001. Synthetic polymer paint on linen. 2440 1680 mm. Purchased 2001. Reproduced courtesy of the Telstra Collection, Museum and Art Gallery Northern Territory. Estate of the artist licensed by Aboriginal Artists Agency Ltd

Jane Montgomery Griffiths as The Leader and Aaron Orzech as Haemon in Antigone. Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, 2015. Image Pia Johnson

Jane Montgomery Griffiths as The Leader and Emily Milledge as Antigone in Antigone. Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne, 2015. Image Pia Johnson

Sidney Nolan. Gallipoli, 1963. Australian War Memorial ART19581.01 and ART19581.02

Sidney Nolan. Gallipoli Landscape with recumbent Greek figure, c. 1956. Australian War Memorial ART91226

Sidney Nolan. Gallipoli figures in battle I, 1962. Australian War Memorial ART91319

Marian Maguire. The Labours of Herakles, 20078. Lithograph. Image Marian Maguire

Marian Maguire. Herakles discusses Boundary Issues with the Neighbours, 2007. Lithograph. Image Marian Maguire

Marian Maguire. Herakles takes up Dairy Farming, 20067. Lithograph. Image Marian Maguire

Marian Maguire. Herakles struggles with the Taniwha, 20078. Lithograph. Image Marian Maguire

Penelope naked and unconscious on a bed of leaves. Ben Ferris, Penelope. Ben Ferris

Penelope and the bow. Ben Ferris, Penelope. Ben Ferris

Odysseus and Penelope Book scene. Ben Ferris, Penelope. Ben Ferris

John Davidson is Emeritus Professor of Classics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

Michael Ewans is Conjoint Professor of Drama at The University of Newcastle, Australia.