The study of ancient heroes in film provides an eminent contribution to our understanding of the present by identifying the upheavals, conflicts, crises and resolution strategies that manifest themselves in heroic figures. This volume approaches heroizations by examining political leadership in heroic narratives and the influence of ancient heroes on the construction of modern (super-)heroes. Studies on the negations of the heroic reveal ambivalence, fluidity and legitimization difficulties of the examined figures. Contributions on narrativization and aesthetics address didactic potentials, genre influences, intermedial references and the possible future of (de)heroization in cinematic antiquity. With contributions by Jan Bahr | Anastasia Bakogianni | Torsten Caeners | Georg Eckert | Luis Unceta Gómez | Wolfgang Hochbruck | Mathias Jehle |Silvester Kreisel | Martin Lindner | Krešimir Matijević | Nils Steffensen | Alexander Vandewalle | Martin M. Winkler
Introduction: Approaching HeroesPages 7 - 12 Martin Lindner, Nils Steffensen Download chapter (PDF)
Idealbilder von Führung. Vergegenwärtigte Helden in AntikfilmenPages 15 - 28 Georg Eckert Download chapter (PDF)
Patchworking the Man of Steel. Myth, Classical Heroes, Circus Strongman and the Creation of SupermanPages 29 - 50 Torsten Caeners Download chapter (PDF)
From Antiquity to the Present and Back. Reciprocal Influences between Heroes and SuperheroesPages 51 - 64 Luis Unceta Gómez Download chapter (PDF)
Antikfilm als didaktische HerausforderungPages 65 - 82 Jan Bahr, Wolfgang Hochbruck, Mathias Jehle, Daniel Kirchner, Nina Kurus, Jessica Pape, Kristina Seefeldt Download chapter (PDF)
Marcus Antonius im Film. Ein Held, der scheitert, oder ein Antiheld?Pages 85 - 96 Krešimir Matijević Download chapter (PDF)
Zwischen ‚Held‘ und ‚Nichtheld‘. Zur Demaskierung des Protagonisten in GladiatorPages 97 - 110 Silvester Kreisel Download chapter (PDF)
Recalibrating ‘Heroes and Villains’. Ancient Greek Literature through the Camera LensPages 111 - 130 Anastasia Bakogianni Download chapter (PDF)
Dynamiken des Unheroischen in Oliver Stones AlexanderPages 131 - 146 Nils Steffensen Download chapter (PDF)
Transformations of Heroic Aesthetics. Cinematic Forces in Video GamesPages 149 - 160 Alexander Vandewalle Download chapter (PDF)
Ad urbem condendam. Film Genre and Style in the Foundation of RomePages 161 - 174 Martin M. Winkler Download chapter (PDF)
Coda: Classics, Contingency, and the Future of Cinematic HeroismPages 175 - 184 Martin Lindner Download chapter (PDF)
Verzeichnis der Autorinnen und Autoren / List of ContributorsPages 185 - 188 Download chapter (PDF)
