The ancient world in the cinema /
Jon Solomon.
- Rev. and expanded ed.
- New Haven : Yale University Press, c2001.
- xix, 364 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-337) and index.
Machine generated contents note: One Mnemosyne: A Survey of the Genre i -- Two Clio: Greek and Roman History 37 -- Three Calliope: GreekandRoman Mythology loi -- Four Polyhymnia: The Old Testament 133 -- Five E rato: The NewTestament andTales of the Christ 177 -- Six Euterpe: Babylon, Egypt, Persia, and the Ancient Orient 225 -- Seven Melpomene: AncientTragedyand TheSatyricon 259 -- Eight Thalia: AncientComedyand SatirizedAncients 283 -- Nine Terpsichore:The Musceman Epics 307 -- piloglue 325 -- Appendix 1. Chronology of Greco-Roman History in Film 327 -- Appendix 2. Films ofthe Old Testament 330 -- Notes 333 -- Selected Bibliography 335.