Gideon Nisbet is a Lecturer in Classics at the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham. He is the author of Greek Epigram in the Roman Empire: Martial's Forgotten Rivals (Oxford, 2003). He is also an ardent film-goer and observer of the Hollywood scene.

Gideon Nesbit injects his own distinctive style and an infectious sense of enthusiasm into his Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture. ‘As a result one is forced to consider more interesting and provocative questions: not ‘Why is Troy a bad film?’, but rather ‘Why is Greece such a hard concept for the modern world – particularly Hollywood – to think with?

• List of illustrationsPreface: The Dog in the Night-timeAcknowledgementsA Note on Terminology1 Socrates' Excellent Adventure2 Mythconceptions3 Wars of the Successors4 2007: It's Raining MenEpilogue: Radio GagaGlossarySuggestions for Further Reading (and Viewing)Index

Gideon Nisbet is a Lecturer in Classics at the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham. He is the author of Greek Epigram in the Roman Empire: Martial's Forgotten Rivals (Oxford, 2003). He is also an ardent film-goer and observer of the Hollywood scene.

Gideon Nesbit injects his own distinctive style and an infectious sense of enthusiasm into his Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture. ‘As a result one is forced to consider more interesting and provocative questions: not ‘Why is Troy a bad film?’, but rather ‘Why is Greece such a hard concept for the modern world – particularly Hollywood – to think with?

• List of illustrationsPreface: The Dog in the Night-timeAcknowledgementsA Note on Terminology1 Socrates' Excellent Adventure2 Mythconceptions3 Wars of the Successors4 2007: It's Raining MenEpilogue: Radio GagaGlossarySuggestions for Further Reading (and Viewing)Index

Gideon Nisbet is a Lecturer in Classics at the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity, University of Birmingham. He is the author of Greek Epigram in the Roman Empire: Martial's Forgotten Rivals (Oxford, 2003). He is also an ardent film-goer and observer of the Hollywood scene.

Gideon Nesbit injects his own distinctive style and an infectious sense of enthusiasm into his Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture. ‘As a result one is forced to consider more interesting and provocative questions: not ‘Why is Troy a bad film?’, but rather ‘Why is Greece such a hard concept for the modern world – particularly Hollywood – to think with?

• List of illustrationsPreface: The Dog in the Night-timeAcknowledgementsA Note on Terminology1 Socrates' Excellent Adventure2 Mythconceptions3 Wars of the Successors4 2007: It's Raining MenEpilogue: Radio GagaGlossarySuggestions for Further Reading (and Viewing)Index