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  1. Epic heroes on screen
    Contributor: Augoustakis, Antony (Herausgeber); Raucci, Stacie (Herausgeber)
    Published: 2019
    Publisher:  Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh ; Oxford University Press, Oxford

    This collection looks at the most recent manifestations of the ancient hero on screen. It brings together a range of perspectives on 21st century cinematic representations of heroes from the ancient world. Since 2000, numerous heroes of the ancient... more

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    This collection looks at the most recent manifestations of the ancient hero on screen. It brings together a range of perspectives on 21st century cinematic representations of heroes from the ancient world. Since 2000, numerous heroes of the ancient world have appeared on film and TV, from the mythical Hercules to leaders of the Greek and Roman worlds. Films and shows discussed in this volume range from 'Hercules' and 'The Legend of Hercules' to TV shows, 'Atlantis' and 'Supernatural,' to other biopic works influenced by the ancient hero. This book brings together a range of perspectives on 21st century cinematic representations of heroes and antiheroes from the ancient world.

     
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    Contributor: Augoustakis, Antony (Herausgeber); Raucci, Stacie (Herausgeber)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781474449533
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    RVK Categories: NG 1520
    Series: Screening antiquity
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    Subjects: Film; Epischer Film; Historischer Film; Antike <Motiv>; Held <Motiv>; Mythos <Motiv>; Mythology in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television; Heroes in motion pictures; Heroes on television
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource, Illustrations (black and white).
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    Previously issued in print: 2018

    Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index
  2. Ancient worlds in film and television
    gender and politics
    Contributor: Renger, Almut-Barbara (Publisher); Solomon, Jon (Publisher)
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Brill, Leiden ; Boston

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    Contributor: Renger, Almut-Barbara (Publisher); Solomon, Jon (Publisher)
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9789004241923; 9004241922; 9004183205
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    Series: Metaforms ; [1]
    Subjects: ART / Film & Video; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Reference; Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television; Historical films; Motion pictures and history; Politics in motion pictures; Sex role in motion pictures; Television and history; Klassieke oudheid; Films; Sekseverschillen; Politieke aspecten; Antike; Film; Geschlechtsunterschied; Politik; Historical films; Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television; Sex role in motion pictures; Politics in motion pictures; Motion pictures and history; Television and history; Antike <Motiv>; Geschlecht <Motiv>; Film; Rezeption; Historischer Film; Antike
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 332 Seiten), Illustrationen
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    This volume reinvigorates the field of Classical Reception by investigating present-day culture, society, and politics, particularly gender, gender roles, and filmic constructions of masculinity and femininity which shape and are shaped by interacting economic, political, and ideological practices
  3. Ancient worlds in film and television
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    Contributor: Renger, Almut-Barbara (Publisher); Solomon, Jon (Publisher)
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Brill, Leiden ; Boston

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Renger, Almut-Barbara (Publisher); Solomon, Jon (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9789004183209
    RVK Categories: AP 52600
    Series: Metaforms
    Subjects: Historical films; Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television; Sex role in motion pictures; Politics in motion pictures; Motion pictures and history; Television and history; Film; Antike <Motiv>; Geschlecht <Motiv>; Rezeption; Antike; Historischer Film
    Scope: vii, 332 Seiten, Illustrationen
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  4. Ancient worlds in film and television
    gender and politics
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Brill, Leiden ; Boston

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  5. Then it was destroyed by the Volcano
    the ancient world in film and on television
    Author: Pomeroy, Arthur J.
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Duckworth, London

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    ISBN: 9780715630266
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    Edition: 1. publ.
    Subjects: Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television; Film; Fernsehsendung; Altertum <Motiv>
    Scope: VIII, 152 S., Ill.
  6. Ancient worlds in film and television
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    Contributor: Renger, Almut-Barbara (Publisher); Solomon, Jon (Publisher)
    Published: 2013
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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin
    Contributor: Renger, Almut-Barbara (Publisher); Solomon, Jon (Publisher)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    ISBN: 9789004183209
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    RVK Categories: AP 52600
    Series: Metaforms
    Subjects: Historical films; Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television; Sex role in motion pictures; Politics in motion pictures; Motion pictures and history; Television and history; Film; Antike <Motiv>; Geschlecht <Motiv>; Rezeption; Antike; Historischer Film
    Scope: vii, 332 Seiten, Illustrationen
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  7. Classical myth on screen
    Published: [2015]
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY

    Introduction: Cinemyths: classical myth on screen / Meredith E. Safran and Monica S. Cyrino -- Part I. -- The hero's struggle -- "Italian Stallion" meets "Breaker of Horses": Achilles and Hector in Rocky IV (1985) / Lisl Walsh -- The isolated hero:... more

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    Introduction: Cinemyths: classical myth on screen / Meredith E. Safran and Monica S. Cyrino -- Part I. -- The hero's struggle -- "Italian Stallion" meets "Breaker of Horses": Achilles and Hector in Rocky IV (1985) / Lisl Walsh -- The isolated hero: Papillon (1973), Cast away (2000), and the Myth of Philoctetes / Scott A. Barnard -- The limits of human knowledge: Oedipal problems in A serious man (2009) / Osman Umurhan -- Orpheus in a gray flannel suit: George Nolfi's The adjustment bureau (2011) / Seán Easton -- Part II. -- Fashioning the feminine -- Dystopian Amazons: fantasies of patriarchy in Le Gladiatrici (1963) / Antony Augoustakis -- Arya, Katniss, and Merida: empowering girls through the Amazonian archetype / Beverly J. Graf -- The suspense thriller's Pygmalion complex: masculine desire in Vertigo (1958), Les Biches (1968), and Body double (1984) / Kaelie Thompson -- Plastic surgery: failed Pygmalions and decomposing women in Les yeux sans visage (1960) and Bride of re-animator (1989) / Hunter H. Gardner -- Part III. -- Negotiating the cosmic divide -- Savior of the working man: Promethean allusions in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) / Alex McAuley -- Magic, music, race: screening "Black enchantment" after Black Orpheus (1959) / Monica S. Cyrino -- Re-conceiving Hercules: divine paternity and Christian Anxiety in Hercules (2005) / Meredith E. Safran -- The twilight of Olympus: deicide and the end of the Greek gods / Vincent Tomasso -- Part IV. -- Cinemyth-making -- Of marketing and men: making the cinematic Greek hero, 2010-2014 / Stacie Raucci -- John Cameron Mitchell's aristophanic cinema: Hedwig and the angry inch (2001) / Lorenzo F. Garcia Jr. -- Dionysus comes to Gotham: forces of disorder in The Dark Knight (2008) / David Bullen -- Hypatia and Brian: early Christianity as Greek mythological drama / Anise K. Strong -- Divine animation: Clash of the Titans (1981) / Dan Curley

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781137494535; 9781349504800
    RVK Categories: AP 50300
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Subjects: Mythology in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television
    Scope: X, 257 S., Ill.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Meredith E. Safran and Monica S. CyrinoPart 1.: Introduction: Cinemyths: classical myth on screen

    Lisl Walsh: The hero's struggle ; "Italian Stallion" meets "Breaker of Horses": Achilles and Hector in Rocky IV (1985)

    Scott A. Barnard: The isolated hero: Papillon (1973), Cast away (2000), and the Myth of Philoctetes

    Osman Umurhan: The limits of human knowledge: Oedipal problems in A serious man (2009)

    Seán Easton: Orpheus in a gray flannel suit: George Nolfi's The adjustment bureau (2011)

    Antony Augoustakis: Part 2. ; Fashioning the feminine ; Dystopian Amazons: fantasies of patriarchy in Le Gladiatrici (1963)

    Beverly J. Graf: Arya, Katniss, and Merida: empowering girls through the Amazonian archetype

    Kaelie Thompson: The suspense thriller's Pygmalion complex: masculine desire in Vertigo (1958), Les Biches (1968), and Body double (1984)

    Hunter H. Gardner: Plastic surgery: failed Pygmalions and decomposing women in Les yeux sans visage (1960) and Bride of re-animator (1989)

    Alex McAuley: Part 3. ; Negotiating the cosmic divide ; Savior of the working man: Promethean allusions in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927)

    Monica S. Cyrino: Magic, music, race: screening "Black enchantment" after Black Orpheus (1959)

    Meredith E. Safran: Re-conceiving Hercules: divine paternity and Christian Anxiety in Hercules (2005)

    Vincent Tomasso: The twilight of Olympus: deicide and the end of the Greek gods

    Stacie Raucci: Part 4. ; Cinemyth-making ; Of marketing and men: making the cinematic Greek hero, 2010-2014

    Lorenzo F. Garcia Jr.: John Cameron Mitchell's aristophanic cinema: Hedwig and the angry inch (2001)

    David Bullen: Dionysus comes to Gotham: forces of disorder in The Dark Knight (2008)

    Anise K. Strong: Hypatia and Brian: early Christianity as Greek mythological drama

    Dan Curley.: Divine animation: Clash of the Titans (1981)
  8. Ancient worlds in film and television
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    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Brill, Leiden ; Boston

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
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    ISBN: 9789004241923
    RVK Categories: AP 52600 ; LG 9200 ; AP 50300
    Series: Metaforms : studies in the reception of classical antiquity
    Subjects: Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television; Historical films; Motion pictures and history; Politics in motion pictures; Sex role in motion pictures; Television and history; Antike <Motiv>; Antike; Historischer Film; Geschlecht <Motiv>; Film; Rezeption
    Scope: vii, 332 p
  9. Ancient Epic in Film and Television
    Contributor: Potter, Amanda (Publisher); Gardner, Hunter H. (Publisher)
    Published: [2022]; © 2022
    Publisher:  Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh

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    Contributor: Potter, Amanda (Publisher); Gardner, Hunter H. (Publisher)
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    ISBN: 9781474473767; 9781474473774
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    Series: Screening antiquity
    Subjects: Classics & Ancient History; ART / Film & Video; Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television; Epic films; Epic literature; Motion pictures and literature; Television and literature; Antike; Film; Verfilmung; Epos; Fernsehsendung; Antike <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 286 Seiten), Illustrationen
  10. Ancient worlds in film and television
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    Contributor: Renger, Almut-Barbara (Publisher); Solomon, Jon (Publisher)
    Published: 2013
    Publisher:  Brill, Leiden ; Boston

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    ISBN: 9789004241923; 9004241922; 9004183205
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    Series: Metaforms ; [1]
    Subjects: ART / Film & Video; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Reference; Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television; Historical films; Motion pictures and history; Politics in motion pictures; Sex role in motion pictures; Television and history; Klassieke oudheid; Films; Sekseverschillen; Politieke aspecten; Antike; Film; Geschlechtsunterschied; Politik; Historical films; Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television; Sex role in motion pictures; Politics in motion pictures; Motion pictures and history; Television and history; Antike <Motiv>; Geschlecht <Motiv>; Film; Rezeption; Historischer Film; Antike
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (vii, 332 Seiten), Illustrationen
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    This volume reinvigorates the field of Classical Reception by investigating present-day culture, society, and politics, particularly gender, gender roles, and filmic constructions of masculinity and femininity which shape and are shaped by interacting economic, political, and ideological practices
  11. Then it was destroyed by the Volcano
    the ancient world in film and on television
    Author: Pomeroy, Arthur J.
    Published: 2008
    Publisher:  Duckworth, London

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    Source: Philologische Bibliothek, FU Berlin; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
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    ISBN: 9780715630266
    RVK Categories: FB 4060
    Edition: 1. publ.
    Subjects: Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television; Film; Fernsehsendung; Altertum <Motiv>
    Scope: VIII, 152 S., Ill.
  12. Classical myth on screen
    Published: [2015]
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, New York, NY

    Introduction: Cinemyths: classical myth on screen / Meredith E. Safran and Monica S. Cyrino -- Part I. -- The hero's struggle -- "Italian Stallion" meets "Breaker of Horses": Achilles and Hector in Rocky IV (1985) / Lisl Walsh -- The isolated hero:... more

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    Introduction: Cinemyths: classical myth on screen / Meredith E. Safran and Monica S. Cyrino -- Part I. -- The hero's struggle -- "Italian Stallion" meets "Breaker of Horses": Achilles and Hector in Rocky IV (1985) / Lisl Walsh -- The isolated hero: Papillon (1973), Cast away (2000), and the Myth of Philoctetes / Scott A. Barnard -- The limits of human knowledge: Oedipal problems in A serious man (2009) / Osman Umurhan -- Orpheus in a gray flannel suit: George Nolfi's The adjustment bureau (2011) / Seán Easton -- Part II. -- Fashioning the feminine -- Dystopian Amazons: fantasies of patriarchy in Le Gladiatrici (1963) / Antony Augoustakis -- Arya, Katniss, and Merida: empowering girls through the Amazonian archetype / Beverly J. Graf -- The suspense thriller's Pygmalion complex: masculine desire in Vertigo (1958), Les Biches (1968), and Body double (1984) / Kaelie Thompson -- Plastic surgery: failed Pygmalions and decomposing women in Les yeux sans visage (1960) and Bride of re-animator (1989) / Hunter H. Gardner -- Part III. -- Negotiating the cosmic divide -- Savior of the working man: Promethean allusions in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927) / Alex McAuley -- Magic, music, race: screening "Black enchantment" after Black Orpheus (1959) / Monica S. Cyrino -- Re-conceiving Hercules: divine paternity and Christian Anxiety in Hercules (2005) / Meredith E. Safran -- The twilight of Olympus: deicide and the end of the Greek gods / Vincent Tomasso -- Part IV. -- Cinemyth-making -- Of marketing and men: making the cinematic Greek hero, 2010-2014 / Stacie Raucci -- John Cameron Mitchell's aristophanic cinema: Hedwig and the angry inch (2001) / Lorenzo F. Garcia Jr. -- Dionysus comes to Gotham: forces of disorder in The Dark Knight (2008) / David Bullen -- Hypatia and Brian: early Christianity as Greek mythological drama / Anise K. Strong -- Divine animation: Clash of the Titans (1981) / Dan Curley

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    ISBN: 9781137494535; 9781349504800
    RVK Categories: AP 50300
    Edition: 1. ed.
    Subjects: Mythology in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, on television
    Scope: X, 257 S., Ill.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Meredith E. Safran and Monica S. CyrinoPart 1.: Introduction: Cinemyths: classical myth on screen

    Lisl Walsh: The hero's struggle ; "Italian Stallion" meets "Breaker of Horses": Achilles and Hector in Rocky IV (1985)

    Scott A. Barnard: The isolated hero: Papillon (1973), Cast away (2000), and the Myth of Philoctetes

    Osman Umurhan: The limits of human knowledge: Oedipal problems in A serious man (2009)

    Seán Easton: Orpheus in a gray flannel suit: George Nolfi's The adjustment bureau (2011)

    Antony Augoustakis: Part 2. ; Fashioning the feminine ; Dystopian Amazons: fantasies of patriarchy in Le Gladiatrici (1963)

    Beverly J. Graf: Arya, Katniss, and Merida: empowering girls through the Amazonian archetype

    Kaelie Thompson: The suspense thriller's Pygmalion complex: masculine desire in Vertigo (1958), Les Biches (1968), and Body double (1984)

    Hunter H. Gardner: Plastic surgery: failed Pygmalions and decomposing women in Les yeux sans visage (1960) and Bride of re-animator (1989)

    Alex McAuley: Part 3. ; Negotiating the cosmic divide ; Savior of the working man: Promethean allusions in Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1927)

    Monica S. Cyrino: Magic, music, race: screening "Black enchantment" after Black Orpheus (1959)

    Meredith E. Safran: Re-conceiving Hercules: divine paternity and Christian Anxiety in Hercules (2005)

    Vincent Tomasso: The twilight of Olympus: deicide and the end of the Greek gods

    Stacie Raucci: Part 4. ; Cinemyth-making ; Of marketing and men: making the cinematic Greek hero, 2010-2014

    Lorenzo F. Garcia Jr.: John Cameron Mitchell's aristophanic cinema: Hedwig and the angry inch (2001)

    David Bullen: Dionysus comes to Gotham: forces of disorder in The Dark Knight (2008)

    Anise K. Strong: Hypatia and Brian: early Christianity as Greek mythological drama

    Dan Curley.: Divine animation: Clash of the Titans (1981)