Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The god of light and the cinema eye; Chapter 1 A certain tendency in classical philology; Chapter 2 Divine epiphanies: Apollo and the Muses; Chapter 3 The complexities of Oedipus; Chapter 4 Patriotism and war: "Sweet and fitting it is to die for one's country"; Chapter 5 Helen of Troy: Marriage and adultery according to Hollywood; Chapter 6 Women in love; Epilogue: "Bright shines the light"; Bibliography; Index.
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Reads films as visual texts and provides the first systematic demonstration of the affinities between Greco-Roman literature and the cinema.