Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- ΦΟΙΒΩΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙ ΦΩΤΟΚΙΝΗΤΗΙ
- Introduction: The god of light and the cinema eye
- 1 A certain tendency in classical philology
- 2 Divine epiphanies: Apollo and the Muses
- 3 The complexities of Oedipus
- 4 Patriotism and war: “Sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country”
- 5 Helen of Troy: Marriage and adultery according to Hollywood
- 6 Women in love
- Epilogue: “Bright shines the light”
- Bibliography
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- ΦΟΙΒΩΙ ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙ ΦΩΤΟΚΙΝΗΤΗΙ
- Introduction: The god of light and the cinema eye
- 1 A certain tendency in classical philology
- 2 Divine epiphanies: Apollo and the Muses
- 3 The complexities of Oedipus
- 4 Patriotism and war: “Sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country”
- 5 Helen of Troy: Marriage and adultery according to Hollywood
- 6 Women in love
- Epilogue: “Bright shines the light”
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Cinema and Classical TextsApollo's New Light, pp. i - ivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009