
Screening Love and War in Troy: Fall of a City
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With discussions centered on epic narrative, cast and character, as well as tragic resonances, the contributors tackle gender roles by exploring the innovative ways in which mythological female figures such as Helen, Aphrodite and the Amazons are depicted in the series. An examination is also made into the concept of the hero and how the series challenges conventional representations of masculinity. We encounter a significant investigation of race focusing on the controversial casting of Achilles, Patroclus, Zeus and other series characters with Black actors. Several essays deal with the moral and ethical complexities surrounding warfare, power and politics. The significance of costume and production design are also explored throughout the volume.
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Monica S. Cyrino is Professor of Classics at the University of New Mexico, USA. She is the author of Aphrodite (2010), A Journey through Greek Mythology (2008), Big Screen Rome (2005), and In Pandora's Jar: Lovesickness in Early Greek Poetry (1995). She is the editor of Rome, Season Two: Trial and Triumph (2015), Screening Love and Sex in the Ancient World (2013), Rome, Season One: History Makes Television (2008), and co-editor of Classical Myth on Screen (with Meredith E. Safran, 2015), and STARZ Spartacus: Reimagining an Icon on Screen (with Antony Augoustakis, 2017).
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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)
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Filmography
Index
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