Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World

This dynamic collection of essays by international film scholars and classicists addresses the provocative representation of sexuality in the ancient world on screen. A critical reader on approaches used to examine sexuality in classical settings, contributors use case studies from films and television series spanning from the 1920s to the present.

'Cyrino has gathered 16 original and entertaining essays by leading international film scholars and classicists exploring how images of a dissolute Rome, as well as of alternative sexualities (especially homoerotic) in ancient Greece, have influenced modern films and TV series . . . Film buffs, fans of the classics, and anyone interested in ideologies of love and sex will find much to enjoy in this well-edited volume. Summing Up: Highly Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates and above.' - CHOICE

ANTONY AUGOUSTAKIS University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USAGREGORY N. DAUGHERTY Randolph-Macon College, USA KIRSTEN DAY Augustana College, USA SEÁN EASTON Gustavus Adolphus College, USAALISON FUTRELL University of Arizona, USALORENZO F. GARCIA JR. University of New Mexico, USAPAULA JAMES The Open University RACHAEL KELLY University of Ulster, UK CHRISTOPHER M. MCDONOUGH University of the South, USA CORINNE PACHE Trinity University, USA JOANNA PAUL The Open UniversityJERRY B. PIERCE Penn State Hazleton University, USASTACIE RAUCCI Union College, USAMEREDITH SAFRAN Drew University, USAANISE K. STRONG Western Michigan University, USAVINCENT TOMASSO Ripon College, UK