In the first four decades of cinema, hundreds of films were made
that drew their inspiration from ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and
the Bible. Few of these films have been studied, and even fewer
have received the critical attention they deserve. The films in
question, ranging from historical and mythological epics to
adaptations of ancient drama, burlesques, cartoons and
documentaries, suggest a fascination with the ancient world that
competes in intensity and breadth with that of Hollywood's
classical era. What contribution did antiquity make to the
development of early cinema? How did early cinema's representations
affect modern understanding of antiquity? Existing prints as well
as ephemera scattered in film archives and libraries around the
world constitute an enormous field of research. This extensively
illustrated edited collection is a first systematic attempt to
focus on the instrumental role of silent cinema in
twentieth-century conceptions of the ancient Mediterranean and
Middle East.
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