Arthur J. Pomeroy - A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen

1. Chapter 01
2. Chapter 02
3. Chapter 03
4. Chapter 04
5. Chapter 06
6. Chapter 07
7. Chapter 08
8. Chapter 10
9. Chapter 14
10. Chapter 15
11. Chapter 16
12. Chapter 17
13. Chapter 21
14. Chapter 22
15. Chapter 23

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A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen

Edited by Arthur J. Pomeroy

Edited by

Arthur J. Pomeroy

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Names: Pomeroy, Arthur John, 1953 editor.
Title: A companion to ancient Greece and Rome on screen / edited by Arthur J. Pomeroy.
Description: Malden, Massachusetts : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016049888| ISBN 9781118741351 (cloth) | ISBN 9781118741290 (pdf) | ISBN 9781118741443 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: GreeceIn motion pictures. | RomeIn motion pictures.
Classification: LCC PN1995.9.G74 C66 2017 | DDC 791.43/65838dc23
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Anastasia Bakogianni is Lecturer in Classical Studies at Massey University. She is the author of Electra Ancient and Modern: Aspects of the Tragic Heroines Reception (Institute of Classical Studies, 2011). Her research investigates the ongoing dialogue between the classical past and modernity, in particular in the medium of film.

Alastair J. L. Blanshard is the Paul Eliadis Professor of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Queensland. Together with Kim Shahabudin, he is the author of Classics on Screen: Ancient Greece and Rome on Film (Bloomsbury, 2011). He is also an associate editor of the Classical Receptions Journal (Oxford University Press) and a series editor for Cambridge University Presss Classics After Antiquity series.

Filippo CarlUhink is Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Exeter. The reception of classical antiquity in the visual and performing arts is one of his main research areas. He is now working at a project on the representation of antiquity in theme parks and themed environments.

Monica S. Cyrino is Professor of Classics at the University of New Mexico, USA. Her research focuses on the representation of classical antiquity on screen. Her books include Rome, Season Two: Trial and Triumph (Edinburgh University Press, 2015), Classical Myth on Screen (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), Aphrodite (Routledge, 2010), Rome, Season One: History Makes Television (Blackwell, 2008) and Big Screen Rome