In the popular imagination, Homer as author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, epitomises poetic genius. So, when scholars proposed that the Homeric epics were not the unique creation of an individual author, but instead reflected a tradi...Daugiau...
Analysing the evolution of the myth of the Amazons that has survived in our imagination for millenia. For more than 3,000 years, the Amazons have been a recognised symbol that transcends mythology and has influenced history itself....Daugiau...
In three core sections focusing on the archaeology of the ancient world, the art of the Renaissance to Baroque periods, and modern art and film, Corradino analyses the visual and literary transformations of the myth of Endymion and Selene, arguing t...Daugiau...
Presenting a wide range of new scholarly approaches, this is the first volume to critique the highly influential television series Xena: Warrior Princess. Based on the online international 2021 conference on Xena: Warrior Princess, this book offers...Daugiau...
This book examines the reception of Graeco-Roman sculptures of Venus and their role in the construction of the body aesthetics of the fit American woman in the decades around the turn of the 20th century. In this historical moment, 19th-c...Daugiau...
This volume examines the influence that Pompeii and, to a lesser extent, Herculaneum had on the visual and performing arts in Spain and countries across South America. Covering topics from architecture, painting and decorative arts to theatre, dan...Daugiau...
This is the first book to deal exclusively with ludic interactions with classical antiquity - an understudied research area within classical reception studies - that can shed light on current processes of construction and appropriation of the Greco-...Daugiau...
This study examines the reception of Cleopatra from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day as it has been reflected in popular culture in the United States of America. Daugherty provides a broad overview of the influence of the Egypt...Daugiau...
Despite the prevalence of video games set in or inspired by classical antiquity, the medium has to date remained markedly understudied in the disciplines of classics and ancient history, with the role of women in these video games especially negle...Daugiau...
Turning to a region of South Italy associated with Greater Greece and the geographies of Homers Odyssey, Marco Benoīt Carbone delivers a historical and ethnographic treatment of how places defined in public imagination and media by their associated...Daugiau...
This volume tackles the role of smell, under-explored in relation to the other senses, in the modern rejection, reappraisal and idealisation of antiquity. Among the senses olfaction in particular has often been overlooked in classical reception st...Daugiau...
This volume examines the influence that Pompeii and, to a lesser extent, Herculaneum had on the visual and performing arts in Spain and countries across South America. Covering topics from architecture, painting and decorative arts to theatre, dan...Daugiau...
This volume presents an original framework for the study of video games that use visual materials and narrative conventions from ancient Greece and Rome. It focuses on the culturally rich continuum of ancient Greek and Roman games, treating them n...Daugiau...
This study examines the reception of Cleopatra from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day as it has been reflected in popular culture in the United States of America. Daugherty provides a broad overview of the influence of the Egypt...Daugiau...
Despite the prevalence of video games set in or inspired by classical antiquity, the medium has to date remained markedly understudied in the disciplines of classics and ancient history, with the role of women in these video games especially neglect...Daugiau...
The collected essays in this volume focus on the presentation, representation and interpretation of ancient violence from war to slavery, rape and murder in the modern visual and performing arts, with special attention to videogames and dance...Daugiau...
Turning to a region of South Italy associated with Greater Greece and the geographies of Homers Odyssey, Marco Benoît Carbone delivers a historical and ethnographic treatment of how places defined in public imagination and media b...Daugiau...
This is the first volume of essays published on the television series Troy: Fall of a City (BBC One and Netflix, 2018). Covering an engaging range of topics, such as gender, race and politics, international scholars in the fields of classics, histor...Daugiau...
This is the first volume of essays published on the television series Troy: Fall of a City (BBC One and Netflix, 2018). Covering a wide range of engaging topics, such as gender, race and politics, international scholars in the fields of cla...Daugiau...
This volume tackles the role of smell, under-explored in relation to the other senses, in the modern rejection, reappraisal and idealisation of antiquity. Among the senses olfaction in particular has often been overlooked in classical reception stud...Daugiau...
Theme park studies is a growing field in social and cultural studies. Nonetheless, until now little attention has been dedicated to the choice of the themes represented in the parks and the strategies of their representation. This is particularly...Daugiau...
