Ancient Worlds in Film and Television Gender and Politics

Almut-Barbara Renger, Dr. phil. (2001), Freie Universit t Berlin, is Professor of Ancient Religions, Cultures and their Reception History. She has published monographs, anthologies and many articles on receptions of classical antiquity, including "Oedipus before the Sphinx, or On the Threshold Betwixt and Between: From Sophocles through Freud to Cocteau" (2012). Jon Solomon, Robert D. Novak Professor of Western Civilization and Culture, and Professor of the Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, works on the classical tradition in cinema and opera. His publications include "The Ancient World in the Cinema" (2001) and Volume I of the I Tatti translation and edition of Boccaccio s "Genealogy of the Pagan Gods" (2011). Contributors: Thorsten Beigel, Elisabeth Bronfen, Marieke Dhont, Xanne Huybrecht, Tal Ilan, Michael Kleu, Andreas Krass, Jeroen Lauwers, Christian Pischel, Ralph J. Poole, Celina Proch, Almut-Barbara Renger, Barbara Schr dl, Svetlana Slap ak, Jon Solomon, Thomas Sp th, Lada Stevanovi, Margaret M. Toscano, Margrit Tr hler, Xenia Zeiler