How to Cite

Stachon, Markus, Lipscomb, Antonella and Kolovou, Penelope (Eds.): Antiquity in Progress: Intermedial Presences of Ancient Mediterranean Cultures in the Modern World, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025. https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1432

Identifiers

ISBN 978-3-96929-345-4 (PDF)
ISBN 978-3-96929-346-1 (Softcover)

Published

02/12/2025

Authors

Markus Stachon (Ed.), Antonella Lipscomb (Ed.), Penelope Kolovou (Ed.)

Antiquity in Progress:

Intermedial Presences of Ancient Mediterranean Cultures in the Modern World

This interdisciplinary volume aims at illustrating the presence of ancient myths and ideas in 20th and 21st century culture. Ten case studies which deal with a wide range of different genres such as theatre productions, pop music, and photography, are framed by two theoretical essays.

Dr Markus Stachon is a lecturer at the Institute of Ancient Studies of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. His current research focuses on the musical reception of ancient literature.

Dr Antonella Lipscomb has been a lecturer at the Universities of Oxford, Castilla-La Mancha and Antonio de Nebrija. Her academic work focuses on Myth Criticism and French Contemporary Autobiography.

Penelope Kolovou completed her studies in Classics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Vienna. She is currently teaching at the University of Bielefeld.   

Chapters

Table of Contents
Pages
PDF
Titelei
Contents
v-vi
List of Figures
vii-viii
Introduction
Markus Stachon
Reception, Memory, and Cultural Evolution
3-9
Part I: Ancient Myth-History in Pop-Cultural Discourses
Part II: Greco-Roman Myths on Modern Stages
Part III: Stories of Classical Antiquity in Pictures and Places
Part IV: Afterthought
Notes on Contributors
229-233

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