Screening Love and War in Troy: Fall of a City

List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Foreword by Derek Wax, Executive Producer, Troy: Fall of a City
Editors' Acknowledgments
List of Episodes

Introduction: Screening Love and War in Troy: Fall of a City (Monica S. Cyrino, University of New Mexico, USA and Antony Augoustakis, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA)

PART I. Epic Narrative
1. Binge for Me, O Muse: Episodes, Books, and Cycles (Dan Curley, Skidmore College, USA)
2. Delineating the Divine: Gods and Religion at Troy (Lisa Maurice, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
3. From Judgment to Fall: Aphrodite and Paris (Monica S. Cyrino, University of New Mexico, USA)
4. Sympathy for Troy's Jezebel: Helen as Antihero (Meredith E. Safran, Trinity College, USA)
5. The Curse of Troy: Odysseus' Story (Emma Stafford, University of Leeds, UK)

PART II. Cast and Character
6. Racist Reactions to Black Achilles (Rebecca Futo Kennedy, Denison University, USA)
7. Pussy Politics: Women and Power in the Homeric Patriarchy (Kirsten Day, Augustana College, USA)
8. Queering Troy: Freedom and Sexuality (Thomas E. Jenkins, Trinity University, USA)
9. Heroic Hairstyles and Manless Amazons at Troy (Walter D. Penrose, San Diego State University, USA)
10. Costume Changes: Dressing Helen of Sparta and Troy (Stacie Raucci, Union College, USA)

PART III. Tragic Resonances
11. Fallen Heroes: Recasting Ajax and the Greeks on Screen (Anastasia Bakogianni, Massey University, New Zealand)
12. Family vs. Compassion: Odysseus and the Ethics of War (Meredith Prince, Auburn University, USA)
13. Bloody Brides: Iphigenia, Helena, and Ritual Exchange (Amy L. Norgard, Truman State University, USA)
14. Kings of Men and Sacrificial Daughters (Krishni Burns, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
15. Lessons for Leaders: Destiny, Devotion, and Self-Deception (Brian Cooke, independent scholar, USA)

Epilogue: Troy: Fall of a City and its Ancient Sources (Diana Burton, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand)

Bibliography
Filmography
Index