Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture (Revised second edition)

by Nisbet, Gideon

• ISBN13: 9781904675785
• ISBN10: 1904675786
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-10-22
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Summary

This revised second edition enabled the author to add a new chapter in response to the delayed release of the film300. The book responds to new developments in the reception of Greece in contemporary popular culture. Nisbet covers many older favourites such asHercules Unchained,Clash of the Titans, andCleopatraas well as more recent offerings such asTroyandAlexander. Nisbet unpacks the ideas that continue to make Greece hot property often too hot for Hollywood to handle. His lively explorations, which assume no prior expertise in classical or film studies, will appeal to all with an interest in 'reception': the present day's re-use and re-invention of the past.

Author Biography

Gideon Nisbet is a lecturer in classics at the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity at the University of Birmingham. He is the author of Greek Epigram in the Roman Empire: Martial’s Forgotten Rivals.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
Preface: The Dog in the Night-time
Acknowledgements
A Note on Terminology
Socrates' Excellent Adventure	p. 1
Mythconceptions	p. 45
Wars of the Successors	p. 87
2007: It's Raining Men	p. 137
Epilogue: Radio Gaga	p. 153
Glossary	p. 157
Suggestions for Further Reading (and Viewing)	p. 164
Index	p. 174
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