This book was first published in 2009. Apollo was the ancient god
of light and the divine patron of the arts. He is therefore a
fitting metaphor for cinematography, which is the modern art of
writing with moving light. This book interprets films as visual
texts and provides the first systematic theoretical and practical
demonstration of the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and
the cinema. It examines major themes from classical myth and
history such as film portrayals of gods, exemplified by Apollo and
the Muses; Oedipus, antiquity's most influential mythic-tragic
hero; the question of heroism and patriotism in war; and the
representation of women like Helen of Troy and Cleopatra as
products of male desire and fantasy. Covering a wide range of
European and American directors, genres and classical authors, this
study provides an innovative perspective on the two disciplines of
classics and cinema and demonstrates our most influential medium's
unlimited range when it adapts ancient texts.
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