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Gregory S. Aldrete, Graham Sumner - Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen

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Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen

2023

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Chapter Two. The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Ancient Epic S. 31-72

„… 31C H A P T E R T W OThe 1950s The Golden Era of the Ancient EpicAfter its early flourishing …” „… during the silent film era through the dawn of sound, the ancient epic declined in popularity during the …” „… revival, and the subsequent decade became the Golden Age of the ancient epic. The remarkable run of …”

Chapter Three. The Early 1960s: The Ancient Epic Veers into Cliché and Hits an Indulgent Pinnacle S. 73-108

„… 73C H A P T E R T H R E EThe Early 1960sThe Ancient Epic Veers into Cliché and Hits an Indulgent …” „… in the greatness of the Roman Empire.”6 Like almost every other ancient epic, this film begins with a …” „… in an ancient epic. Far too often in such scenes, actors mumble or speak Figure 3.5. Legionaries of …”

Chapter Five. The Twenty-First Century: The Ancient Epic Gets Revived and Updated for a New Millennium S. 149-206

„… 149C H A P T E R F I V EThe Twenty-First CenturyThe Ancient Epic Gets Revived and Updated for a …” „… Gladiator (2000), which single-handedly revived the popularity of the big-budget ancient history epic. While …” „… become seemingly obligatory clichés for ancient epic films, the battle scenes also prominently feature …”

Preface

„… . The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Ancient Epic 31 Quo Vadis (1951) 31 Julius Caesar (1953) 41 The …” „… (1954) 50 Ben-Hur (1959) 53 Spartacus (1960) 64Chapter 3. The Early 1960s: The Ancient Epic Veers …” „… narrative that traces the history and develop-ment of the ancient Roman epic over time.No sooner had the …”

Chapter One. The Early Years of Cinema: Film’s First Forays into the Roman World S. 1-30

„… ever to be set in ancient Rome, Cabiria was the first truly great Roman historical epic. It exerted …” „… success of The Sign of the Cross with another ancient epic just two years later featuring the same star …” „… the most popular topics for an-cient epics, and by the time this 1917 silent film was shot, there had …”

Select Bibliography S. 213-216

„… : Ancient Greece and Rome on Film. New York: Bloomsbury, 2011.Caprotti, Federico. “Scipio Africanus: Film …” „… . Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2008.———, ed. Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World. New York: Palgrave …” „… Macmil-lan, 2013.Davies, Chris. Blockbusters and the Ancient World: Allegory and Warfare in Contempo-rary …”

Chapter Four. The Late 1960s through the 1980s: Searching for a New Direction—Parody, Porn, Plays, and TV S. 109-148

„… recent ancient epic films, such as Spartacus and Ben-Hur. The theatrical show was a musical, and although …” „… acclaimed of these was I, Claudius. It brazenly flouted the earlier conventions of the ancient epic by …” „… staging and camerawork, I, Claudius found a way to inject high drama back into the ancient epic without …”

Notes S. 207-212

„… , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E1zsnbgzAQ.Chapter One1. Annette Dorgerloh, “Competing Ancient Worlds in Early Historical Film …” „… : The Example of Cabiria (1914),” in The Ancient World in Silent Cinema, ed. Pantelis Michelakis and …” „… fascinating topic relevant to a number of subjects in addition to cinema and ancient history. An excellent …”

Index S. 217-234

„… amphitheaters, 13, 75, 83, 134–35, 153–54, 199Amun, Temple of, at Luxor, 182ancient epics, 31, 64, 133, 181 …” „… , 39–40Golden Era of ancient epics, xxii, xxiii, xxiv, 21, 31–32, 64, 73, 79, 97, 110, 123, 150The Golden …” „… ancient Rome, 3, 25–28; invasion of North, by Italy, 3–4, 25–28; North, 2, 76, 150, 153agora, 182, 183 …”

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Martin Lindner, Nils Steffensen - Classical Heroes in the 21st Century

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Classical Heroes in the 21st Century

Series: Helden - Heroisierungen - Heroismen

Volume 20 2023

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Alexander Vandewalle Transformations of Heroic Aesthetics. Cinematic Forces in Video Games S. 149-160

„… language of ‘epicness’, grandeur and scale that recalls similarly epic films such as Gladiator (2000 …” „… ‘epicness’.22 Ancient Rome is frequently infused with grand architec-tural splendor, and ancient Greece with …” „… the reuse of epic, Hollywood-ian film aesthetics in video games set in classical antiquity, but to …”

Anastasia Bakogianni Recalibrating ‘Heroes and Villains’. Ancient Greek Literature through the Camera Lens S. 111-130

„… , characters, and themes play in such conversa-tions in our popular culture. Looking back on ancient Greek Epic …” „… epic devotes space to both sides of the conflict. In the ancient epic the Greek and Trojan armies …” „… force moving at speed through the plain of Troy, eager for the fight.25 Unlike the ancient Greek epic …”

Verzeichnis der Autorinnen und Autoren / List of Contributors S. 185-188

„… is the reception of Greek trag-edy on stage and screen. She is author of Electra Ancient and Modern …” „… : Aspects of the Tragic Heroine’s Reception (2011), and co-editor of War as Spectacle: Ancient and Modern …” „… on religious change in late antiquity as well as on ancient religious thought in general.M a r t i n …”

Martin M. Winkler Ad urbem condendam. Film Genre and Style in the Foundation of Rome S. 161-174

„… , 1961). Both are examples of peplums, muscleman epics about ancient myth and history popular in the 1950 …” „… version is a dark anti-epic, emphasiz-ing a society’s desolate and violent first stage.The worldwide …” „… success of Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000) brought ancient Greece and Rome back to prominence in the …”

Martin Lindner Coda: Classics, Contingency, and the Future of Cinematic Heroism S. 175-184

„… ago, I found myself involved in an academic discussion about the future of ancient history on film. I …” „… ’ of classical epic films, similar to the heyday of early productions until the 1930s and the golden …” „… presence of classical antiquity in basically all other forms of film. To start with, the ancient narratives …”

Luis Unceta Gómez From Antiquity to the Present and Back. Reciprocal Influences between Heroes and Superheroes S. 51-64

„… introduced certain ancient mythological figures to his work, including Hercules. Grant Morrison meanwhile …” „… . Heroes from the Ancient World and Their Progeny, in: Brisio J. Oropeza (ed.): The Gospel According to …” „… divine figures of epic poetry are here transformed into a group of aliens with very advanced technology …”

Martin Lindner, Nils Steffensen Introduction: Approaching Heroes S. 7-12

„… antiquity, in other words, on ancient heroes in very recent films. The available material is highly …” „… this book. From an ancient historian’s point of view, the casting of Jolie would introduce an …” „… . Anastasia Bakogi-anni (Palmerston) concentrates on broken heroes, bridging ancient and modern experiences of …”

Georg Eckert Idealbilder von Führung. Vergegenwärtigte Helden in Antikfilmen S. 15-28

„… FührungVergegenwärtigte Helden in Antikfilmen Georg EckertAbstractMovies focussing on ancient heroes such as, more …” „… Achilles aus dem Jahre 2004 möchte das pro-duzierende Hollywood-Studio verstanden wissen als „epic tale of …” „… (Hg.): Ancient Worlds in Film and Televi-sion. Gender and Politics, Leiden / Boston 2013, S. 65–78 …”

Silvester Kreisel Zwischen ‚Held‘ und ‚Nichtheld‘. Zur Demaskierung des Protagonisten in Gladiator S. 97-110

„… KreiselAbstractWith his cinematic epic Gladiator, British director Ridley Scott addresses the popular question of what …” „… Screen. Ancient Greece and Rome on Film, London 2011, S. 222. Vgl. hierzu auch 01:19:33.21 Vgl. Anm …” „… Berti u. a. (Hg.): Ancient Violence in the Modern Imagination. The Fear and the Fury (Imagines …”

Torsten Caeners Patchworking the Man of Steel. Myth, Classical Heroes, Circus Strongman and the Creation of Superman S. 29-50

„… the sharp differences between the ancient and the postmodern archetype of the hero and the heroic.4 …” „… major superheroes of American comics were making regular sojourns to ancient Rome, Pompeii, or Egypt …” „… . Sometimes the ancient world would visit them.”12 Indeed, “Marvel and DC, the two biggest producers of hero …”

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Christoph Petersen, Markus May - Heroen - Helden

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Heroen - Helden

2022

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Johannes Bach Gilgamesch ein Krieger-Held? Wandlungen einer altmesopotamischen Heldenfigur S. 27-48

„… of the Gilgameš Epic in Ancient Mesopotamia, in: Archiv für Orientfor-schung 52 (2011), S. 1–14 …” „… New Translation of the Ancient Epic, New Haven / CT 2022.GilgameschEnkidu und die Unterwelt, angefügt …” „… . Alan Millard: Only Fragments from the Past. The Role of Accident in our Knowledge of the Ancient Near …”

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Stefan Tilg, Anna Novokhatko - Antikes Heldentum in der Moderne: Konzepte, Praktiken

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Antikes Heldentum in der Moderne: Konzepte, Praktiken

Series: Paradeigmata

Volume 55; IX 2019

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Eva von Contzen the (Epic) List: Catalogues of Heroes and Literary Form from Homer to Omeros S. 231-256

„… the catalogue in ancient epic, Benjamin Sammons likewise accentuates the discreteness of the …” „… : Literary Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.King, Katherine Callen. 2009. Ancient Epic. Malden …” „… heroes have been legion in epic poetry. This also applies to the epic sub-genre of biblical epics, which …”

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Constanze Graml, Annarita Doronzio, Vincenzo Capozzoli - Rethinking Athens Before the Persian Wars

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Rethinking Athens Before the Persian Wars

Series: Münchner Studien zur Alten Welt

Volume 17 2020

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CLAUDIA HORST The Greek agora in the Context of Sites of Political Assembly in the Ancient Near East S. 239-250

„… structures with the assemblies described in the Homeric epics. As the Epic of Gilgamesh relates, Gilgamesh …” „… 239The Greek agora in the Context of Sites of Political Assembly in the Ancient Near EastCLAUDIA …” „… establish the superiority of one’s own culture5. Thus, the stereotype of so-Ancient Near Eastern societies …”

ANNARITA DORONZIO A Fresh Look at the Kerameikos Necropolis: Social Complexity and Funerary Variability in the 7th Century B.C. S. 89-102

„… . I. Morris, in his landmark study, “Burial and Ancient Society. The Rise of the Greek City State …” „… heroes in epic: Whitley 1996, 216.11 With only a few exceptions such as the recent study of D’Onofrio on …” „… . The actual extent of women’s exclusion from the ancient Greek banquet remains a much-debated subject52 …”

BIBLIOGRAPHY S. 313-356

„… Ancient City Center, The Athenian Agora 14 (Princeton 1972).Agora 24 A. Frantz, Late Antiquity, A.D …” „… . The Burial Custom of Cremation and the Warrior Order of Ancient Eleutherna, Access Archaeology (Oxford …” „… Cremated Soldiers’ Bones on Socio-Political Affairs and Military Organizational Preparedness in Ancient …”

WOLFGANG FILSER A Question of Object. Class Semantics in Athenian Vase Painting (530–430 B.C.) S. 297-312

„… which defines ancient Greek sports from a socio-eco-nomic point of view7. While one is at first 5 Cf. an …” „… like these have no role in the many treatises on ancient sport. However, it would be misleading to …” „… case of the dining Achilles in depictions of the ransom of Hector (fig. 11)52. Di¬erently from the epic …”

ANNA MARIA D'ONOFRIO Some Thoughts on the Pre-Classical Athenian Society S. 25-40

„… , Formal Cemeteries and the Role of Kinship in the Burial PracticeMorris’ book of 1987 “Burial and Ancient …” „… 33. recurrent projection of “our” current values on ancient Greek societies has been stigmatized by …” „… terminological range of Greek kinship. About gnothoi and nothoi in epic poetry, see Avezzù 1991b, 51 and n. 13 …”

CONSTANZE GRAML Worshipping Women, Worshipping War: (How) Did the Persian Wars Change the Cultic Veneration of Artemis in Athens? S. 277-296

„… them in a broader context of Ancient religion and by uncoupling them from the gender aspect, Warin 2016 …” „… Peisistratos and links this information to the epicle-sis69. Material finds from the pre-Persian Acropolis are …” „… young. With the identification of the krateriskoi, archaeological evidence made ancient females visible …”

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