TY - BOOK A1 - Görtemaker, Manfred T1 - Rudolf Hess : der Stellvertreter BT - eine Biographie N2 - Welch ein Anblick für die Welt", notierte Joseph Goebbels geschockt in seinem Tagebuch. "Ein geistig zerrütteter zweiter Mann nach dem Führer. Grauenhaft und unausdenkbar." Da war Rudolf Hess soeben zu seinem mysteriösen Flug nach England aufgebrochen, um im Alleingang Frieden zu stiften. Wer war dieser von Rätseln umgebene Mann, der wie ein Schatten Hitlers wirkte, in Nürnberg zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt wurde und nach seinem Tod in Spandau zu einer Ikone der Neonazis werden sollte? Manfred Görtemaker legt die erste grundlegende Biographie vor, die mit neuen Quellen einen präzisen Einblick in die Chefetage des NS-Regimes ermöglicht. Der Potsdamer Zeithistoriker Manfred Görtemaker hat fast zwanzig Jahre lang an dieser akribisch recherchierten Biographie gearbeitet. Erstmals konnte er ca. 4.100 Briefe und 50.000 Blatt Schriftwechsel aus dem Hess-Nachlass im Berner Bundesarchiv auswerten, mit einer Sondergenehmigung die Papiere von Lord Selkirk of Douglas, dem Sohn des Duke of Hamilton, zu dem Hess nach Schottland flog, einsehen sowie eine beeindruckende Zahl von weiteren bislang unerschlossenen Archivalien heranziehen. Das Resultat ist das Lebensbild des Mannes, der von Anfang an mit Hitler durch dick und dünn ging, dessen wachsende Machtfülle wie ein Alter Ego verwaltete und über dessen Einfluss als "Stellvertreter des Führers" sich kein Rivale Illusionen machte. Manfred Görtemaker konnte als Erster Briefe und Schriften aus dem Nachlass von Rudolf Hess auswerten Hitlers treuester Paladin in einer präzisen biographischen Rekonstruktion Eine exemplarische Studie darüber, wie jemand zum Nazi wird Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-406-65291-2 SN - 978-3-406-65292-9 PB - C.H. Beck, CY - München ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maurice, Lisa ED - Potter, Amanda ED - Gardner, Hunter H. T1 - From Olympian to Christ-figure: Lucifer (2016 – 2021) JF - thersites 17 N2 - On the surface the television series Lucifer (2016 – 21) is a simple police procedural but, in actuality, the criminal cases in the show serve merely as window-dressing and structure for the deeper consideration of issues, such as guilt, shame, love, and even the meaning of life on both an individual and universal level. These topics are explored through the ever-developing character of Lucifer himself, who, like other recent anti-hero depictions, is initially presented in a manner that is very different from traditional portrayals of the Devil, and is, in fact, far closer to that of the Greek Olympian gods. Over the course of six seasons, the depiction of Lucifer alters, however, as he becomes a figure that is in many ways Christ-like, but with a 21st century twist that places the individual in an exalted position that is superior to that of divinity. KW - Lucifer KW - Devil KW - Olympians KW - God KW - Christ Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.244 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 17 SP - 245 EP - 272 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Martínez Jiménez, Javier ED - Potter, Amanda ED - Gardner, Hunter H. T1 - Lycaon and classical versipelles in MTV’s Teen Wolf JF - thersites 17 N2 - The modern conception of the werewolf is heavily influenced by Gothic reinterpretations of medieval European stories. This kind of werewolf is the one that has appeared on screen and written fiction for decades, but MTV’s Teen Wolf, a re-boot of the 1980s film which aired between 2011 – 17, is different. In this young adult supernatural drama, werewolves descend directly from Lycaon, and a substantial proportion of the show’s werewolf lore derives from Graeco-Roman stories about wolf-shifters and versipelles. This paper wants to explore the extent of the use in the show of the myth of Lycaon in particular, of Classical versipelles in general, the significance of these two references for the narrative, and the degree of innovation in modern supernatural fiction of this adaptation of Greek and Roman stories. KW - Teen Wolf KW - Werewolves KW - Versipelles KW - Lycaon KW - Television series KW - World-building Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.248 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 17 SP - 212 EP - 244 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Skibinski, Connie ED - Potter, Amanda ED - Gardner, Hunter H. T1 - ‘Crazy Man-Killing Monsters’ BT - The Inimical Portrayal of the Amazons in Supernatural’s ‘Slice Girls’ JF - thersites 17 N2 - The Amazons have a long legacy in literature and the visual arts, extending from antiquity to the present day. Prior scholarship tends to treat the Amazons as hostile ‘Other’ figures, embodying the antithesis of Greco-Roman cultural norms. Recently, scholars have begun to examine positive portrayals of Amazons in contemporary media, as role models and heroic figures. However, there is a dearth of scholarship examining the Amazons’ inherently multifaceted nature, and their subsequent polarised reception in popular media. This article builds upon the large body of scholarship on contemporary Amazon narratives, in which the figures of Wonder Woman and Xena, Warrior Princess dominate scholarly discourse. These ‘modern Amazon’ figures epitomise the dominant contemporary trend of portraying Amazons as strong female role models and feminist icons. To highlight the complexity of the Amazon image in contemporary media, this article examines the representation of the Amazons in the Supernatural episode ‘Slice Girls’ (S7 E13, 2012), where their portrayal as hostile, monstrous figures diverges greatly from the positive characterisation of Wonder Woman and Xena. I also consider the show’s engagement with ancient written sources, to examine how the writers draw upon the motifs of ancient Amazon narratives when crafting their unique Amazon characters. By contrasting the Amazons of ‘Slice Girls’ to contemporary figures and ancient narratives, this article examines how factors such as feminist ideology, narrative story arcs, characters’/audience’s perspectives and male bias shape the representation of Amazons post-antiquity. KW - Amazons KW - Warrior women KW - Classical reception KW - Supernatural KW - Monsters Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.240 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 17 SP - 183 EP - 211 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Siegel, Janice ED - Potter, Amanda ED - Gardner, Hunter H. T1 - Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy: A Kinder, Gentler, More Modern Heracles JF - thersites 17 N2 - In Hellboy (2004, Sony Pictures), Guillermo del Toro presents a mythic hero (half human/half demon) seemingly made from the same mold as the classical hero Heracles (Hercules). Hellboy’s modern world is shaped by a cosmology not unlike that of Greek mythology, and as is true for Heracles, his unique pedigree and superior physicality empower him to mediate between the forces of supernaturality and humanity. Hellboy’s experiences evoke comparison with most characters and exploits in the Heraclean mythological corpus; his good character precludes comparison with others. Hellboy must contend with his own versions of Hera, Eurystheus, and a Nemean Lion/Hydra-like monster. He, too, relies on his own superhuman strength, innate cunning and an Athena-like protector to be successful at his job. Both heroes navigate a difficult path to their very different destinies. But in the end, Hellboy’s compassion, humility, unerring moral compass, and genuinely altruistic motivations make him both a better man and a better mythic hero, one worthy even of being loved. KW - Hellboy KW - Heracles/Herakles/Hercules KW - Classical Reception KW - Reception of Mythology KW - Mythic Hero Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.253 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 17 SP - 143 EP - 182 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Strong, Anise K. ED - Potter, Amanda ED - Gardner, Hunter H. T1 - The Persistence of Memory BT - Forgiveness, Forgetting, and Cultural Assimilation JF - thersites 17 N2 - The 2017 Pixar film Coco and the 2021 Disney film Encanto form a small part of an increasing modern wave of media focused on parent-child conflicts caused by intergenerational trauma and rejection. Other recent works in this genre include the video game Hades, the films Turning Red and Everything Everywhere All At Once, and the television series Ms. Marvel. The traumas in all these films, some directed explicitly at a younger audience and some pitched more broadly, serve as a distinct set of meditations on the immigrant experience, even while not necessarily focusing on literal immigration. They also all invoke imagery of ghosts and death, both echoing specific classical Mediterranean motifs and tropes and incorporating a wide variety of other cultures’ supernatural traditions. These works’ concern with familial traumas of separation, culture shock, and loss of ancestral memories and connections contrasts sharply with the individual-focused myth of the American Dream common to earlier generations of American media, in which a lone individual typically emigrates, assimilates, and succeeds in a new culture, forming a new family and set of myths. However, themes of assimilation and questions of cultural imperialism also form a bridge between ancient Roman and modern North American anxieties and traditions. KW - Classical Reception KW - Coco KW - Immigration KW - Ancestors KW - Underworld Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.255 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 17 SP - 125 EP - 142 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Potter, Amanda ED - Potter, Amanda ED - Gardner, Hunter H. T1 - Classical Monsters and Hero(ines) in InSEXts, Eros/Psyche and Porcelain JF - thersites 17 N2 - This paper applies Monster Theory to the use of Greek mythology in three creator-owned comic series by female writers: InSEXts (2016 – 2017) by American comic writer Marguerite Bennett and Indonesian artist working in America Ariela Kristantina as well as Eros/Psyche (2021) and Porcelain (2021) by Maria Llovet, a comic writer and artist from Barcelona. In the first volume of InSEXts, set in Victorian London, there are allusions to the Furies and Pandora, linked with the discourse of the repression of women. In the second volume, set in the late nineteenth century Paris art world, the representation of classical subjects in art becomes a means to repress women, and a goddess with a Gorgon-like appearance takes revenge on the male repressors. In Eros/Psyche the story of Eros and Psyche and broken statues forms the backdrop and context for a tale of love and deception at a girls’ school, and in Porcelain a girl is faced with a choice of paths towards Eros or Thanatos, like Herakles at the crossroads choosing between the paths of virtue and vice. With reference to Cohen’s seven theses of Monster Culture I examine how Bennett and Lovett subvert the idea of the monster and the hero. KW - Comics KW - Eros KW - Psyche KW - Pygmalion KW - Medusa Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.247 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 17 SP - 96 EP - 124 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lovatt, Helen ED - Potter, Amanda ED - Gardner, Hunter H. T1 - Resurrecting the Argo BT - Supernatural Re-makings in Robert Holdstock’s Merlin Codex JF - thersites 17 N2 - This paper analyses the relationship between the figure of the Argo (ship and character) and the supernatural in the mythic fantasy of Robert Holdstock’s Merlin Codex. It shows how Holdstock’s re-writing of the Argonautica draws on various versions from the Argonautic tradition, including Euripides’ Medea, Apollonius, Valerius Flaccus, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Treece and the 1963 film Jason and the Argonauts. It sets Holdstock’s Argo alongside other representations, as divine herself, possessed by divinity, and a channel of communication with the divine, and in the context of Holdstock’s previous work, particularly Mythago Wood, Lavondyss and Merlin’s Wood. The paper argues that Holdstock uses the Argo as a reflection of myth itself, a version of the forest in Mythago Wood, as well as a metapoetic image for the challenges and complexities of adapting a well-known story, bringing multiple mythological traditions (Arthurian, Finnish and Argonautic) together. It reflects on Holdstock’s relationship to the ancient genres of epic and tragedy, as well as Argo as plot facilitator and mechanism of transformation and transition. Holdstock’s relationship with ancient literature is richer and deeper than previously acknowledged; his self-conscious plays reveal a deep understanding of the polymorphous nature of mythical traditions. KW - Holdstock KW - Merlin Codex KW - Argonauts KW - Argo KW - myth Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.254 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 17 SP - 55 EP - 95 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Foster, Frances ED - Potter, Amanda ED - Gardner, Hunter H. T1 - Gods and Magic in Megan Whalen Turner’s The Thief JF - thersites 17 N2 - Megan Whalen Turner’s series The Queen’s Thief (1996 – 2020) centres on the political intrigues in a group of countries which are at once very like – but also very unlike – Bronze Age and archaic Greece threatened by a powerful Persian Empire. The first book in the series, The Thief (1996), begins as a political adventure haunted by stories of the gods. When those gods directly influence the action, the narrative changes from present political intrigue to a fantasy from the distant past. The mythology in The Thief reflects, imitates and distorts archaic Greek creation myths – stories about how the earth and sky were formed, the divine pantheon and heroes. I examine the presentation of this divine pantheon against the narratives about the gods in Hesiod, the Homeric hymns and Homer’s epics. I evaluate how the supernatural element interacts with the largely political narrative of The Thief. In so doing, I explore how the text blends a ‘classical supernatural’ with a world that is like – but in many ways very unlike – Bronze Age and archaic Greece. KW - Greek gods KW - Mythology KW - Young Adult literature KW - Fantasy KW - Magic Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.242 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 17 SP - 32 EP - 54 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Toscano, Margaret Merrill ED - Potter, Amanda ED - Gardner, Hunter H. T1 - Varieties of Supernatural Depictions BT - Classics in Contemporary Media JF - thersites 17 N2 - This article proposes several conceptual frameworks for examining the widespread use of classical intertexts depicting the supernatural in popular media. Whether the supernatural is viewed as reality or simply a trope, it represents the human capacity and desire to explore worlds and meanings beyond the obvious and mundane. Representations of classical gods, heroes, and monsters evoke the power of mythic stories to probe and explain human psychology, social concerns, philosophical questions, and religious beliefs, including belief about the paranormal and supernatural. The entertainment value of popular media allows creators and audiences to engage with larger issues in non-dogmatic and playful ways that help them negotiate tensions among various beliefs and identities. This paper also gives an overview of the other articles in this journal issue, showing overlapping themes and patterns that connect with these tensions. By combining knowledge of classical myths in their original contexts with knowledge about contemporary culture, classical scholars contribute unique perspectives about why classical intertexts dominate in popular media today. KW - Myth Theory KW - Classical Mythology KW - Supernatural KW - Paranormal KW - Afterlife Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.249 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 17 SP - 2 EP - 31 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Potter, Amanda A1 - Gardner, Hunter H. ED - Potter, Amanda ED - Gardner, Hunter H. T1 - Classics and the Supernatural in Modern Media JF - thersites 17 N2 - Short preface to the special edition of Thersites. Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.256 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 17 SP - 1 EP - 1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vandewalle, Alexander ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Review of Ross Clare: Ancient Greece and Rome in Videogames. Representation, Play, Transmedia BT - Bloomsbury Academic (London, New York 2021) (= IMAGINES – Classical Receptions in the Visual and Performing Arts), x + 230 pages, 25 illustrations. ISBN: 9781350157194 (hardback), $ 115.00, £ 85.00 hardback, also available as e-book (PDF, Epub, Mobi) JF - thersites 16 Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.220 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 173 EP - 177 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Avalli, Andrea ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Review of Dario Barbera: Processo al Classico. L’epurazione dell’archeologia fascista BT - ETS (Pisa 2022) (= Studi di archeologia e storia del mondo antico e medievale), 264 pp. ISBN: 9788846762191, € 25 JF - thersites 16 Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.233 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 168 EP - 172 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Berrens, Dominik ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Rezension von Philipp Roelli: Latin as the Language of Science and Learning BT - De Gruyter (Berlin/Boston 2021) (= Lingua Academica 7), XIII + 646, Abbildungen: 15, Farbige Abbildungen: 35, Tabellen: 13, Farbige Tabellen: 15. ISBN: 9783110745757, 89,95 € JF - thersites 16 Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.231 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 161 EP - 167 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stachon, Markus ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Rezension von Christian Fron: Bildung und Reisen in der römischen Kaiserzeit. Pepaideumenoi und Mobilität zwischen dem 1. und 4. Jh. n. Chr. BT - De Gruyter (Berlin 2021) (= Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte 146), X + 338 + A114 S., 28 Karten. ISBN: 978-3-11-069871-8, e-ISBN (pdf): 978-3-11-069922-7, e-ISBN (epub): 978-3-11-069935-7, € 109,95 JF - thersites 16 Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.218 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 139 EP - 144 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weiß, Adrian A1 - Werner, Eva ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Geschlechterverhältnisse im Dialog BT - Ein Interview mit Katharina Wesselmann über Die abgetrennte Zunge JF - thersites 16 N2 - Die abgetrennte Zunge by Katharina Wesselmann deals with gender and power relations in ancient literature and beyond. It has received widespread attention, particularly in popular media. In this interview, thersites examines the book from an academic perspective. We talk to Katharina Wesselmann about the reactions to her work, her methodology and her conclusions. The primary focus of this interview is on what ancient texts may tell us about today’s gender issues and vice versa – it, thus, entails a broader discussion about modern Classics. KW - gender studies KW - classical reception KW - classics in popular culture Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.216 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 128 EP - 138 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Laudenbach, Benoît ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Sophocle sur Netflix BT - Deux cas récents d’utilisation de la tragédie grecque à l’écran JF - thersites 16 N2 - The paper focuses on two recent occurrences of a Sophoclean drama on screen, Electra in the romantical movie Marriage Story, and Philoctetes in an episode of the mainstream medical series New Amsterdam, both productions currently available on the popular streaming service Netflix. The case studies explore the mechanisms of the use of these dramas and their significance in both productions, showing that they are partly used for their “classical” authority, are deeply integrated within the scenarios, and help to design the narratives, the characters and their (social and personal) relationships. KW - Greek tragedy KW - marriage story KW - New Amsterdam KW - Sophocles’ Electra KW - Sophocles’ Philoctetes Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.222 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 83 EP - 127 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sanchez Sanz, Arturo ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - La heráldica amazónica JF - thersites 16 N2 - Nowadays, we know about 4,475 iconographic representations dedicated to the Amazonian universe in Antiquity. Most of them belong to vase painting pieces (3,448). This current work analyze the Amazonian emblems that appear in a high percentage of these representations (725), together with the few examples associated with other artistic supports. In that way, we will study the chosen designs, which of them achieved greater popularity and the possible reasons why some of them were more popular in certain contexts. According to the results, we can discover that the Amazons present a type of emblem very similar to that used by the hoplites who fought against them in the same representation of the Amazonomachy. It is true that we appreciate a greater interest in certain models within a broad group of options that became traditional for Amazonian representations, but the results of this study suggest that the artists freely chose between them. However, his decision could be influenced by aspects such as the predominant trends in each period, the tastes of the export markets or the influence generated by other types of works (mainly paintings, reliefs or sculptures) whose popularity made them models. KW - Amazons KW - gender KW - woman KW - heraldry KW - shields Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.202 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 1 EP - 82 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Beck, Christian ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Review of Hamish Williams: Tolkien and the Classical World BT - Walking Tree Publishers (Zurich/Jena 2021) (= Cormarë Series No. 45), 414 pp . ISBN: 978-3-905703-45-0, 44 € JF - thersites 15 Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15.230 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 15 SP - 314 EP - 320 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Keen, Tony ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Legolas in Troy BT - The influence of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movies on cinematic portrayals of ancient Greece and Rome JF - thersites 15 N2 - The Lord of the Rings movies were a cinematic phenomenon, extremely popular. They are not often considered as works of Classical Reception. These films’ influence on subsequent ancient world movies has been understudied, and undervalued. A common model of cinematic Greece and Rome in the twenty-first century looks solely back to Gladiator. Undoubtedly Gladiator, and its commercial success, is important to how ancient world movies developed; but focussing solely on Gladiator does not explain a move away from Roman history towards Greek mythology, culminating in a flurry of movies about Greek mythological heroes. Lord of the Rings is an overlooked factor. Already in Troy two LOTR stars are in key roles, and the battle scenes seek to imitate those of Jackson’s trilogy. 300 mythologizes far beyond Frank Miller’s graphic novel, adding several monsters; LOTR’s influence is at play here. LOTR’s influence was one factor in a complex process that saw ancient world movies change in the twentyfirst century. LOTR fed into an atmosphere that moved ancient world movies towards Greece, away from Rome, through promoting the appeal of a combination of epic and the fantastic. KW - classical movies KW - Lord of the Rings KW - classical reception KW - Peter Jackson KW - fantasy movies Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15.223 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 15 SP - 285 EP - 313 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Stutz, Kathryn H. ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - G. B. Smith’s “Elzevir Cicero” and the Construction of Queer Immortality in Tolkien’s Mythopoeia JF - thersites 15 N2 - Following the death of J. R. R. Tolkien in 1973, an obituary appeared in The Times quoting Tolkien as having said that his “love for the classics took ten years to recover from lectures on Cicero and Demosthenes.” This contentious relationship between Tolkien and the Greco-Roman past contrasts with the work of unabashedly classicizing poet Geoffrey Bache Smith, a school friend of Tolkien’s who was killed in the Great War. When Tolkien collected Smith’s poems for posthumous publication, this paper shows, Smith’s engagements with the ancient world became part of Tolkien’s own philosophy of immortality through literary composition. Within his 1931 poem “Mythopoeia,” and his 1939 speech “On Fairy-Stories,” Tolkien articulated a unified method of mythmaking by looking back to his lost friend’s understanding of mythology as a type of ancient story-craft that enabled poets to preserve the dead against the ravages of time. By tracing a triangular path through the relationships between Tolkien, Smith, and the classical past inhabited by figures like Cicero, this paper argues that Tolkien not only recovered a “love for the classics,” but used classical texts to “recover” his lost friend, granting Smith a queer, classical immortality in return. KW - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien KW - Geoffrey Bache Smith KW - hauntology KW - queer theory KW - mythopoeia Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15.225 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 15 SP - 253 EP - 284 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Praet, Raf ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - The Throne of the King BT - The Throne Room in Minas Tirith and Late Antique Ruler Ideology JF - thersites 15 N2 - A conspicuous feature of Tolkien’s description of the city of Minas Tirith in The Return of The King is the depiction of two thrones in the Great Hall; one empty throne reserved for the king, and one seat for the steward of Gondor. This paper aims to ascertain the late antique and mediaeval sources of inspiration behind Tolkien’s creation of the throne room in Minas Tirith. As a starting point, we shall compare the setting of the two thrones in Minas Tirith with a motive in Christian iconography, the hetoimasia, and its architectural expression in the Chrysotriklinos, the throne room in the Byzantine Great Palace in Constantinople. Next, we shall show that Tolkien intentionally obscured his appropriation of the Byzantine throne room to create a multi-layered image of rulership, in accordance with his aesthetics of applicability and allegory. In conclusion, we shall formulate some remarks on the interpretation of the association between the Byzantine Chrysotriklinos and the Gondorian Great Hall. As a form of Tolkien’s literary process of sub-creation, the description of the throne room in Minas Tirith serves to emphasise the significance of The Return of the King as a retelling of Christ’s restoration of the fallen world, placing the work of Tolkien in the context of a strong personal Catholic piety. KW - late antique palace architecture KW - Chrysotriklinos KW - allegory and applicability KW - sub-creation KW - Christ the King Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15.210 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 15 SP - 232 EP - 252 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Matz, Alicia ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Quis enim laesos impune putaret esse deos?: Ents, Sacred Groves, and the Cost of Desecration JF - thersites 15 N2 - Seneca the Younger, in his Letters, describes a sacred grove as a “thick grove of ancient trees which rise far above the usual height and block the view of the sky with their umbrella of intertwining branches” (Seneca the Younger, Letters 41.3). Fangorn Forest is clearly a sacred site as defined by Seneca, made even more sacred by the presence of the Ents. Thus, to violate it would be a terrible act of desecration, not unlike Lucan’s narrator’s shock at Caesar’s desecration of the sacred grove at Massilia (Lucan BC 3.447 – 8, quoted in the title of this paper). After exploring the relationship between Ents and sacred groves, the paper will compare the fate of Caesar to that of Saruman, who violated Fangorn Forest. Just as Augoustakis (2006) argues that the violation of the grove foreshadows Caesar’s death, so too Saruman’s death at the hands of Wormtongue becomes a fitting punishment for his violation of Fangorn. KW - sacred trees KW - Ents KW - Tolkien KW - Saruman KW - Julius Caesar Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15.215 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 15 SP - 204 EP - 231 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chinn, Christopher A1 - Thompson, Phoebe ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Tolkien’s Ithilien and the Landscape of the Ancient Mediterranean JF - thersites 15 N2 - This paper examines the intertext between Tolkien’s Ithilien episode in Two Towers and artistic presentations of plants in the art and literature of Augustan Rome. We argue that the evident ‘superbloom’ depicted in the ekphrasis of the flora of Ithilien recalls both Vergilian botanical adynata (especially in the Georgics) and Roman wall paintings of the Augustan period. KW - Tolkien KW - Vergil KW - ecocriticism KW - Ithilien KW - flora Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15.211 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 15 SP - 163 EP - 203 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oughton, Charles W. ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Roman Heroes at Helm’s Deep? BT - Livy, Macaulay, and Tolkien on the Horatius Cocles Episode JF - thersites 15 N2 - This article analyzes Tolkien’s narrative of the Battle of Helm’s Deep as a retelling of the Horatius Cocles episode from Livy’s AUC, which contains descriptions of the defenses and the bridge, a rally encouraged by Horatius, his bold stand both with his companions and alone, and the honors paid to him after the battle. Tolkien’s Battle of Helm’s Deep contains the same elements split across two narratives: the defense of the causeway leading to the gates of the Deep by Aragorn, Éomer, and Gimli; and, after the fall of the Deeping wall, Aragorn’s defiant stand alone on the stairway leading to the inner doors of the Hornburg. Aragorn’s double action demonstrates a fulfillment of Livy’s exemplary arc. Tolkien’s knowledge of Macaulay’s “Horatius” provides a possible intermediary that accounts for various additions to the story. However, the larger structure of Tolkien’s narrative as well as the imagery that resonates throughout the text distinctly evoke the vivid descriptions of Livy. While both sets of heroes make brave stands against their enemies, Tolkien’s warriors represent a civilizing force in their efforts to build and restore their defenses while Livy’s Roman heroes destroy the bridge to save their state. KW - Livy KW - Horatius Cocles KW - Tolkien KW - Macaulay KW - reception KW - exemplarity Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15.214 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 15 SP - 123 EP - 162 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kambo, Kevin ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Platonic Tripartition and the Peoples of Middle-Earth JF - thersites 15 N2 - Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings employ traditional races from fairy tales: elves, men and dwarves. These peoples are differentiated principally by their dominant desires, but also by their speech, diet, and realms. I argue that these three races are significantly inspired by the three aspects that characterize the Republic’s tripartite soul—logistikon, thumoeides, and epithumetikon—along with their respective principal desires: desire for truth, greatness, and material goods. For Tolkien, therefore, these races have a corporate or political psychology that explains who they are as peoples in the history of Middle-earth. I offer a comprehensive view of the major races, connecting the dwarves with the appetitive artisans of the Republic, humans with the honour- and glory-seeking auxiliaries, and elves with the ruling guardians. This treatment explains the artisanal dwarves, as well as the battle-loving men (and women) of Rohan and Gondor, and the nostalgic, ‘anamnetic’ condition of exile that distinguishes the elves. Indeed, the condition of elves in many descriptions recalls a Platonic philosopher returned to the Cave, as well as the Neo-Platonic sagacity pictured in the biographies of Plotinus and Proclus. KW - Plato KW - Tolkien KW - republic KW - Tripartite KW - race Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15.219 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 15 SP - 90 EP - 122 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Capra, Elena Sofia ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - "Orfeo out of Care" BT - The Reception of the Classical Myth of Orpheus from Sir Orfeo to Tolkien JF - thersites 15 N2 - The paper focuses on an example of multiple-step reception: the contribution of the classical story of Orpheus and Eurydice and the mediaeval lay Sir Orfeo to Tolkien’s work. In the first part, I compare the lay with Virgilian and Ovidian versions of Orpheus’ myth. This comparison shows the anonymous author’s deep knowledge of the ancient texts and complex way of rewriting them through stealing and hybridization. The lay was highly esteemed by Tolkien, who translated it and took inspiration from it while describing the Elven kingdom in The Hobbit and building the storyline of Beren and Lúthien in The Silmarillion. Through this key tale, Orpheus/Orfeo’s romance has a deep influence also on Aragorn and Arwen’s story in The Lord of the Rings. The most important element that Tolkien takes from the Sir Orfeo figuration of the ancient story is undoubtedly the insertion of political theme: the link established between the recovery of the main character’s beloved and the return to royal responsability. The second part of the paper is, thus, dedicated to the reception of Sir Orfeo and the classical myth in Tolkien. It shows how in his work the different steps of the tradition of Orpheus’ story are co-present, creating an inextricable substrate of inspiration that nourishes his imagination. KW - Orpheus and Eurydice KW - Sir Orfeo KW - reception KW - Tolkien KW - Beren and Lúthien Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15.209 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 15 SP - 52 EP - 89 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pezzini, Giuseppe ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - (Classical) Narratives of Decline in Tolkien: Renewal, Accommodation, Focalisation JF - thersites 15 N2 - The paper investigates Tolkien’s narratives of decline through the lens of their classical ancestry. Narratives of decline are widespread in ancient culture, in both philosophical and literary discourses. They normally posit a gradual degradation (moral and ontological) from an idealized Golden Age, which went hand-in-hand with increasing detachment of gods from mortal affairs. Narratives of decline are also at the core of Tolkien’s mythology, constituting yet another underresearched aspect of classical influence on Tolkien. Such Classical narratives reverberate e.g. in Tolkien’s division of Arda’s history into ages, from an idealized First Age filled with Joy and Light to a Third Age, described as “Twilight Age (…) the first of the broken and changed world” (Letters 131). More generally, these narratives are related to Tolkien’s notorious perception of history as a “long defeat” (Letters 195) and to that “heart-racking sense of the vanished past” which pervades Tolkien’s works – the emotion which, in his words, moved him “supremely” and which he found “small difficulty in evoking” (Letters 91). The paper analyses the reception of narratives of decline in Tolkien’s legendarium, pointing out similarities but also contrasts and differences, with the aim to discuss some key patterns of (classical) reception in Tolkien’s theory and practice (‘renewal’, ‘accommodation’, ‘focalization’). KW - narrative of decline KW - Hesiod KW - reception KW - focalization KW - accommodation Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15.213 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 15 SP - 25 EP - 51 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Cristini, Marco ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - The Fall of Two Cities: Troy and Gondolin JF - thersites 15 N2 - Vergil was a fundamental source of inspiration for Tolkien, not only when writing the Lord of the Rings, but also at the beginning of his “world-building”. The Fall of Gondolin, written in 1916, was modeled upon the Aeneid, whose second book shares many similarities with the description of Gondolin’s last day. For instance, the attack that seals the fate of the city takes place during a feast in both works, whereas both protagonists (Aeneas and Tuor) leave wives and sons to fight the enemy and witness deaths of their kings (Priam/Turgon). Other analogies include the topos of the fall of the tallest tower of the city as well as the scenes of Creusa/Idril clasping the knees of her husband and begging him not to go back to the battle. Tolkien chose the Aeneid as his main model because, in his opinion, the Aeneid and The Fall of Gondolin evoked the air of antiquity and melancholy. Vergil’s nostalgia for a “lost world” conveyed in the Aeneid greatly resembles the nostalgia pervading both Tolkien’s writing and life. KW - Tolkien KW - reception of Vergil KW - Aeneid KW - Troy KW - Gondolin Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15.200 VL - 2022 IS - 15 SP - 1 EP - 24 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Matz, Alicia A1 - Paprocki, Maciej ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - There and Back Again: Tolkien and Greco-Roman Antiquity JF - thersites 15 N2 - The following introduction sketches the status questionis of the research on the influence of Greco-Roman antiquity on the works of Tolkien and provides details about the volume’s theoretical impetus and its broad themes. The editors discuss Tolkien’s complicated and indirect relationship with classical models, underscoring certain emergent themes in volume’s contributions, such as decline, multifocal reception and relationship with nature. KW - Tolkien KW - classical reception Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol15.228 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 15 SP - i EP - xii ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Renault, Manon ED - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Antiquités et pop cultures dans la haute couture et le prêt-à-porter des années 2010 JF - thersites 13: Antiquipop – Chefs d’œuvres revisités N2 - From the fluid dresses woven from precious materials evoking the iconic statues of Antiquity to the revival of Spartan shoes, two emblematic fashion trends will help us study the place of Greek Antiquity in contemporary women’s fashion collections. Ordinary as well as extraordinary, what do these reminiscences tell? Can they permit to understand the boundaries that structure and govern the fashion’s worlds? Numerous and diverse, the differences and the similarities of the ways in which classical references are used allow us to study the relations of power in which the specificities of haute couture and ready-to-wear are defined. The values, the entry criteria, the operating hierarchies as well as the very acceptance of the word “fashion” are different from one environment to another. From the catwalks of big fashion houses on Avenue Montaigne such as Chanel to the youngest brands, the differentiated readings and uses of Antiquity raise the question of the symbolic value of classics in fashion. KW - fashion KW - antiquity KW - sociology KW - Fashion Studies KW - pop culture Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol13.149 VL - 2021 IS - 13 SP - 125 EP - 140 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Klooster, Jacqueline ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian T1 - Review of Sophia Xenophontos and Katerina Oikonomopoulou: Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Plutarch BT - Brill (Leiden 2019) (= Brill’s Companions to Classical Reception 20), 693 pages, 2 figures. ISBN: 978-90-04-28040-3, € 198 JF - thersites 14 Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol14.197 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 14 SP - 160 EP - 167 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vitello, Eugenia ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Review of Emilio Zucchetti & Anna Maria Cimino (eds.): Antonio Gramsci and the Ancient World BT - London/New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021 (= Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies), xiv + 387 pp., ISBN: 978-0-36-719314-0, £ 96.00 (hb.) JF - thersites 14 Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol14.203 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 14 SP - 188 EP - 196 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weiß, Adrian ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Rezension von Melanie Möller ( Hg.): Gegen/Gewalt/Schreiben. De-Konstruktionen von Geschlechts- und Rollenbildern in der Ovid-Rezeption BT - De Gruyter (Berlin/Boston 2021) (= Philologus. Supplemente 13), S. 187, 10 Abbildungen. ISBN: 978-3-11-070296-5, € 89,95 (hb) JF - thersites 14 Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol14.206 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 14 SP - 181 EP - 187 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fischer, Jens ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Rezension von Stephen Harrison, Christopher Pelling (eds.): Classical Scholarship and its History. From the Renaissance to the Present. Essays in Honour of Christopher Stray (Trends in Classics – Scholarship in the Making Vol. 1) BT - Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2021. Pp. 428. ISBN: 978-3-11-071817-1. € 119.95 JF - thersites 14 Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol14.194 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 14 SP - 168 EP - 174 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brilke, Clara ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Rezension von Marvin Müller: Der andere Blick auf Caesars Kriege. Eine narratologische Analyse der vier Supplemente im „Corpus Caesarianum“ BT - De Gruyter (Berlin/Boston 2021) (= Philologus. Zeitschrift für antike Literatur und ihre Rezeption, Supplemente Bd. 15), 264. ISBN: 978-3-11-071144-8, 109,95 € JF - thersites 14 Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol14.192 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 14 SP - 152 EP - 159 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dix, Sophie A1 - Klohr, Silvia ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Ein studentischer Bericht zur Tagung „IMAGINES VII: PLAYFUL CLASSICS“ (05. – 06. 03. 2021) JF - thersites 14 N2 - In March 2021, the IMAGINES Project – an international and interdisciplinary research network for the modern reception of antiquity in the visual and performing arts – held their seventh conference online. The event focused on PLAYFUL CLASSICS, and was hosted from Göttingen University by the organizers Juliette Harrisson, Antje Kuhle and Martin Lindner. The keynote by Dunstan Lowe on „The Danger of Seriousness: Play and the Future of Classics“ outlined the potential of researching classical reception as a creative process. The following sections brought this to life with in-depth treatments of the underlying mechanics of constructing and deconstructing, playful learning, the „Faces of Antiquity“, forms of interaction and national/nationalistic traditions. The programme combined scholarly contributions with presentations and workshops by various artists and open discussion elements. The shift to an online format allowed the participation of an unusually international audience, while the interactive elements – including a thematic game as a continuous side event – especially encouraged a large number of students to participate actively. Therefore, this conference report will not just summarize the content of the event, but also provide a student perspective on attending a conference on classical reception – a research area which is mostly neglected in the teaching curriculum. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol14.193 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 14 SP - 141 EP - 151 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hanisch, Xenia ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Demagogen dichten BT - Antike Szenen als Gegenstand moderner Gedankenexperimente JF - thersites 14 N2 - Manipulative rhetoric is a common issue in ancient sources. As the issue of political populism and rhetoric still attracts a high degree of interest among a wide range of people, the author, a singer-songwriter, attempts to ‘revive’ these ancient sources and to adapt them into a lyrical/musical format for modern audiences, in order to test different strategies of manipulation and gauge the reactions of modern audiences. The following article describes the process of adapting and performing two of these experiments, as well as the results and feedback from audiences. The ancient case studies chosen for this are Thucydides’ description of how Alcibiades lead the Athenians into a fatal expedition to Sicily, and Xenophon’s blames of two public orators for executing Athenian generals after the battle of Arginusae through their manipulative speeches. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol14.201 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 14 SP - 121 EP - 140 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brück, Alexander ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - „Rom lernt von den Griechen, Europa von Rom" BT - Fremdheit und Eurozentrismus in lateinischen Lehrwerken JF - thersites 14 N2 - Given the immense ethnic and cultural diversity as well as the vast geographical dimensions of the Roman Empire, the teaching of Roman antiquity comprises an enormous potential to deal with the increasing heterogeneity in German-speaking classrooms. This article aims to show how the majority of contemporaneous Latin textbooks, however, fail to use this potential by being limited to mono-perspective and Eurocentric approaches to the ancient world. In spite of didactical claims to foster students’ intercultural competence, most of the textbooks depict the city of Rome as an ethnically and culturally homogeneous sphere. At the same time, they present the Roman Empire nearly exclusively from the perspective of representatives of Italian-born, powerful upper-class families firmly connected to ‘Roman’ culture. In doing so, the Latin textbooks falsify the ancient historical realities and deprive students of the perspectives of figures like provincials or slaves. Furthermore, the textbooks’ narrative scope clearly focusses on Rome and Greece, still paying noticeable attention to West-European provinces, with the African and Asian ones being remarkably excluded. Only few exceptions among the textbooks apply alternative approaches which allow students to engage with the Roman Empire’s intercultural dynamics in a more differentiated and multi-perspective way. KW - Latin textbooks KW - ethnic diversity KW - intercultural competence KW - Eurocentrism in Graeco-Roman studies KW - Roman provinces Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol14.198 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 14 SP - 41 EP - 102 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Cromwell, Jennifer ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - From Pyramids to Obscure Gods BT - The Creation of an Egyptian World in Persona 5 JF - thersites 14 N2 - Within Persona 5’s modern Tokyo setting, imagined worlds are created that represent the cognitive processes of various characters. These ‘palaces’ allow the player to explore locations far removed from the game’s real-world, contemporary backdrop. One episode creates an ancient Egyptian world. This article examines how this world has been produced and the different transmedial tropes and other influences that its developers have drawn upon. Many references are recognisable to a broad audience (pyramids, gods, hieroglyphs), while others reflect Japanese pop-cultural trends (in various manga and anime), including the mention of an obscure Egyptian god, Medjed. The intentionally fictitious nature of these ‘palaces’ means that the Egypt that appears in this game is not bound by the need to replicate an ‘accurate’ landscape. Instead, the developers were free to design a gamescape that combines multiple and diverse receptions of ancient Egypt. KW - Egypt KW - videogames KW - Persona 5 KW - pyramids KW - gods Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol14.199 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2022 IS - 14 SP - 1 EP - 40 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mihanovic, Andelko ED - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Review of Patrick Gray: Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic: Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War BT - Edinburgh University Press (Edinburgh 2019) (Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy), pp. xii + 308. ISBN: 978 I 4744 2745 6 (hardback), £80 JF - thersites 13: Antiquipop – Chefs d’œuvres revisités N2 - The article is a review of Patrick Gray's latest monograph: Shakespeare and the Fall of the Roman Republic: Selfhood, Stoicism and Civil War. Gray analyzes Shakespare's and his characters' representation of the 'self' in Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra, with Coriolanus used for comparative purposes. The book induced a lively discussion of its content in academic community. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol13.195 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2021 IS - 13 SP - 213 EP - 218 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - González Vázquez, Mateo ED - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Review of Carlos Sánchez Pérez, Luis Unceta Gómez (eds.): En los márgenes de Roma: la Antigüedad romana en la cultura de masas contemporánea BT - Catarata (Madrid 2019), 304. ISBN: 9788490978696, 18,00 € JF - thersites 13: Antiquipop – Chefs d’œuvres revisités Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol13.196 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2021 IS - 13 SP - 207 EP - 212 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Saura-Ziegelmeyer, Arnaud ED - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Review of Carine Giovénal, Véronique Krings, Alexandre Massé, Matthieu Soler, Catherine Valenti : L’Antiquité imagine. Les références antiques dans les oeuvres de fiction (XXe – XXIe siècles) BT - Ausonius (Bordeaux 2019) (= Scripta Receptoria), 228 p., 27 illustrations. ISBN : 9782356133205, 25 € JF - thersites 13: Antiquipop – Chefs d’œuvres revisités Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol14.138 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2021 IS - 13 SP - 200 EP - 206 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scapin, Mathieu ED - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Les chefs d’œuvre de l’Art antique dans la bande dessinée du XXIᵉ s. Usages et Background JF - thersites 13: Antiquipop – Chefs d’œuvres revisités N2 - Whether you open a manga, a French-language comic strip or a North-American comic strip with Classic subject, it seems normal to the reader to encounter many representations of sculptures, paintings or object of daily life from this period throughout the story. These images are taken from catalogues notably available online. The artists also seem to have drawn their inspiration from museum publications or directly from the collections exhibited by these cultural institutions. This article will review the masterpieces used in comic strips and the reasons why they are chosen. Depending on the formats and cultures that stage them, these works do not constitute decorative elements of an ancient past but contribute to the narrative. KW - Bande dessinée KW - art antique KW - manga KW - comics KW - culture populaire Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol13.128 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2021 IS - 13 SP - 169 EP - 199 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Saura-Ziegelmeyer, Arnaud ED - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Construire ses propres modèles : le cas des bandes sonores post-Gladiator JF - thersites 13: Antiquipop – Chefs d’œuvres revisités N2 - Ringing trumpets announcing the arrival of a Roman emperor, an oriental flowing and delicate harp reverberating inside the intimate palace of an Egyptian queen, a rude aulos singing in a bucolic Greek landscape: where are these familiar sound images coming from? Are these creations inspired by archaeological data or built after modern fantasy? The scarcity of ancient musical data necessitated, in fact, to reinvent the films’ soundscape taking place in the Ancient world. It is therefore a question of seeing on which models a peplum’s soundtrack is conceived and what it can reveal on our way of perceiving the ancient and contemporary world. Far from wanting to gauge the historicity of the sound backgrounds offered to the spectator of dark rooms, it is rather a question of seeing the imitation phenomena that can appear from the sound clichés created by the peplum itself and of also deducing from them thought patterns which, contextualized, influence these compositions. This article will focus on post-2000 productions. KW - music KW - peplum KW - antiquity KW - otherness KW - reception studies Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol13.150 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2021 IS - 13 SP - 141 EP - 168 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Costanzo, Daniela ED - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Le destin des icônes : perception, symboles et images des Bronzes de Riace dans la culture contemporaine JF - thersites 13: Antiquipop – Chefs d’œuvres revisités N2 - Très peu d’originaux nous permettent de connaître la statuaire grecque ancienne. Eu égard à la grande production de statues en bronze, un nombre très limité d’oeuvres a été sauvé de la fureur du temps et des hommes. Le reste nous est connu de manière partielle et imparfaite par les copies romaines en marbre ou par des notes rapides d’auteurs anciens, qui mentionnent des artistes et des oeuvres dont le seul nom demeure. La découverte de statues en bronze de production grecque est donc un événement exceptionnel d’un point de vue scientifique. Les « Bronzes de Riace » ont notamment eu, dès leur découverte en 1972, une immense influence dans la culture populaire, que nous allons aborder dans cet article sous l’angle des Reception Studies, en essayant d’intégrer ces réflexions au débat sur leur perception dans le monde contemporain, déjà abordé par deux volumes sortis en 1986 et 2015 (Gli eroi venuti dal mare/Heroes from the sea et Sul buono e sul cattivo uso dei Bronzi di Riace1), en portant une attention particulière au Web et aux réseaux sociaux. 1 Je remercie Maurizio Paoletti et Fabien Bièvre-Perrin pour la relecture de cet article ; Domenico Benedetto D’Agostino pour m’avoir fait connaître, il y a quelques années, le poème de Felice Mastroianni dédié au Bronzes de Riace ; l’Archivio du Musée Archéologique National de Reggio Calabria, Mike_art04, le collectif La Psicoscimmia et Emanuela Robustelli pour les images qu’ils ont partagées. KW - Bronzes de Riace KW - Museo Archeologico Nazionale Reggio Calabria KW - politique KW - caricature KW - publicité Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol13.153 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2021 IS - 13 SP - 100 EP - 124 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Besnard, Tiphaine Annabelle ED - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - La Vénus de Milo dans l’art contemporain (de 1980 à nos jours) : une icône globalisée JF - thersites 13: Antiquipop – Chefs d’œuvres revisités N2 - This paper aims to analyse the figure of the Venus of Milo in (extreme) contemporary art productions. The reception of this sculpture has already been studied in the past, but without considering the last ten years (2010 – 2020), during which artists like Yinka Shonibare, Fabio Viale, or Daniel Arsham decided to use the Venus for their new productions. The paper also explains how the Venus of Milo became a globalised icon and an inspiration for artists from all over the world. KW - Vénus de Milo KW - art contemporain KW - réception KW - icône KW - sculpture Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol13.156 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2021 IS - 13 SP - 84 EP - 99 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pampanay, Élise ED - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - The Nike of Samothrace’s presences during the XX and XXI centuries: mysteries and victories JF - thersites 13: Antiquipop – Chefs d’œuvres revisités N2 - Despite its fame, the Winged Victory of Samothrace keeps on fascinating not only every visitor of the Louvre museum, but also the eye of the connoisseur. Despite its recent restoration in 2014, some of its mysteries might indeed never be solved, like the identity of its sculptor. But this fascination also comes from the statue itself, its majestic aesthetics and lack of head, in a similar fashion perhaps to the loss of the Venus of Milo’s arms. Since her discovery more than 150 years ago by Charles Champoiseau, she’s been on the throne at the top of the Daru stairs at the Louvre Museum. This hellenistic masterpiece, that Champoiseau called a ”mousseline de marbre”, became a must see in the Paris museum, together with the Mona Lisa and its other chefs d’oeuvre. But this statue’s fate is not set in stone. Many modern artists, like Omar Hassan or Xu Zhen, have tried to make it their own and give it a new depth. Recently, Beyonce and Jay-Z also offered a new perspective by including this Louvre masterpiece, among others, in their political masterstroke, the video clip ”Apeshit”. This paper seeks to decode the meanings and symbolism of these new versions of the Nike. KW - Nike of Samothrace KW - sculpture KW - polychromy KW - victories KW - modern art Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol13.146 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2021 IS - 13 SP - 71 EP - 83 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jouteur, Isabelle ED - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Laocoon Relooké JF - thersites 13: Antiquipop – Chefs d’œuvres revisités N2 - This article focuses on the reception of the ancient statue of Laocoon in the arts and popular culture of the 21st century. It looks into why this icon has remained continuously present in the public’s collective imagination and covers, in particular, the recapturing of this motif by four contemporary painters : Richard Wallace (2002), Ron Milewicz (2005), Gilles Chambon (2008), Kent Monkman (2008). The article examines as well the new meanings associated with its treatment and finally explores the way our contemporary world deals with the notion of monument and the concept of academicism. KW - Laocoon KW - contemporary art KW - academicism KW - painting KW - 21st century Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol13.136 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2021 IS - 13 SP - 43 EP - 70 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Briand, Michel ED - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Le Laocoon en icône queer et camp BT - Enjeux esthétiques, culturels, politiques JF - thersites 13: Antiquipop – Chefs d’œuvres revisités N2 - The Laocoön group, a famous source of inspiration for modern artists and a crucial masterpiece for historians of art and philosophers, is also a popular figure in queer contemporary art and culture, both distorted and celebrated through camp performative devices. After remarks about 1. “queer gaze” and the complex relation of queer or LGBTQIA+ culture and politics to the dialectics of kitsch/camp and classical / contemporary / pop art, and 2. (not straight but) queer classics, using “anachronisme raisonné” (Loraux”) and “écart” (Dupont), this article focuses on case studies from the 2010’s: 1. The untold gay history of Vatican guided tour; the music video Falling, by the “queer cowboy” Drew Beckman. 2. Paintings by Richard Wallace (esp. Laocoön); photographic series of Danil Golovkin (Modern Heroes : Photographing Bodybuilders in the Digital Age), 3. Julien Servy (Collages : Photo vs. Statues) ; the design firm modern8 (for the 2017 Utah Pride Festival). 4. The indigenous Canadian artist Kent Monkman, who, in paintings (The Academy), performances, installations, altogether stages and questions the violence of historical and cultural colonization and its impact on issues of gender and identity, and promotes dynamic interactions of aesthetics and politics, as well of pathos and camp. KW - anachronism KW - camp KW - classical reception KW - gay KW - Danil Golovkin KW - Laocoon KW - Kent Monkman KW - queer KW - Richard Wallace Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol13.133 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2021 IS - 13 SP - 1 EP - 42 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Bièvre-Perrin, Fabien ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - “Everything is a copy of a copy of a copy” BT - Preface JF - thersites 13: Antiquipop – Chefs d’œuvres revisités N2 - A quote from Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk, 1996) may seem unusual for a Classicist. Nevertheless, this famous sentence summarises the contents of this special issue of thersites perfectly. As specialists in classical reception frequently witness, there is a sort of déjà-vu effect when it comes to the presence of Antiquity within popular culture. In 2019, to try to better understand the phenomenon, Antiquipop invited researchers to take an interest in the construction and semantic path of these “masterpieces” in contemporary popular culture, with a particular focus on the 21st century. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol13.191 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2021 IS - 13 SP - i EP - v ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reinard, Patrick ED - Rollinger, Christian T1 - Rezension von Kristopher F. B. Fletcher/Osman Umurhan (eds.): Classical Antiquity in Heavy Metal Music BT - Bloomsbury (London/New York 2020) (Imagines), 272 pp., ISBN: 9781350075375, £ 81.00 ( hb, also available as e-book) JF - thersites 12 Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol12.188 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 12 SP - 140 EP - 149 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Potter, Amanda ED - Rollinger, Christian T1 - Review of Meredith E. Safran (ed.): Screening the Golden Ages of the Classical Tradition BT - Edinburgh University Press (Edinburgh 2019), 329 pp ., ISBN: 9781474440844 , £ 80.00 ( b, also available as pb and e-book) including filmography, bibliography and index JF - thersites 12 KW - Review of Safran KW - Screening the Golden Ages of the Classical Tradition Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/thersites.vol12.123 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 12 SP - 136 EP - 139 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Warnking, Pascal ED - Rollinger, Christian T1 - Talking Stones – Ein besonderer Audio-Guide zu den antiken Stätten in Trier JF - thersites 12 N2 - This work journal recounts the experiences of a project undertaken with students of the University of Trier over the course of two semesters. The project attempted to design and produce an innovative audio guide pertaining to the cultural heritage of the Roman city, with students gauging market opportunities, writing a business plan, researching information and producing content for the audio guide. The work created, „Talking Stones“ (https://www.talking-stones.de/), takes the listener on a tour of Roman Trier embedded in a literary narrative and is available via download on Google Play and the Apple App Store. KW - audio guides KW - tourism KW - digital cultural heritage KW - public history Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol12.110 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 12 SP - 116 EP - 135 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brilke, Clara A1 - Werner, Eva ED - Rollinger, Christian T1 - I am not sure that I feel like singing, thanks very much for asking! BT - Interview with Natalie Haynes JF - thersites 12 N2 - In her writings on ancient myth, the British author Natalie Haynes moves women to the centre of attention. Her two latest books, A Thousand Ships and Pandora’s Jar – a fiction novel and a non-fiction one – approach this topic from two different perspectives. This interview takes stock of Haynes’ motives and methodology as well as of the challenges she faces in the process of writing. KW - Women in Ancient Myth KW - Classical Reception KW - Classics in Popular Culture Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol12.189 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 12 SP - 104 EP - 115 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Colbert, Vivian ED - Rollinger, Christian T1 - Queen Zenobia’s ‘Campaign’ for British Women’s Suffrage JF - thersites 12 N2 - This article focuses on the feminist reception of Zenobia of Palmyra in Great Britain during the long nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. A special focus lies on her reception by the British suffragettes who belonged to the Women’s Social and Political Union. Even though Zenobia’s story did not end happily, the warrior queen’s example served to inspire these early feminists. Several products of historical culture – such as books, pieces of art, newspaper articles and theatre plays – provide insight into the reception of her as an historical figure, which is dominated by the image of a strong and courageous woman. The article will shed light on how exactly Zenobia’s example was instrumentalised throughout the first feminist movement in Britain. KW - Zenobia KW - reception studies KW - British suffrage movement KW - nineteenth century KW - feminism Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/0.34679/thersites.vol12.186 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 12 SP - 71 EP - 94 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ursin, Frank ED - Rollinger, Christian T1 - „The mother of chemical peeling“ – Oder: Wie Kleopatra zum Bad in Eselsmilch kam JF - thersites 12 N2 - Application areas and drugs of Egyptian, Greek and Roman medi-cine are popular references of research in the field of recent aes-thetic dermatology. There, Cleopatra VII is referred to as “mother of chemical peeling” because she is said to have bathed in donkey’s milk. Although extremely popular, there is no ancient source sup-porting Cleopatra’s bath in milk. Nevertheless, Poppaea Sabina, the second wife of Emperor Nero, is said to has bathed in donkey’s milk to beautify her skin. The aim of the paper is to reconstruct the genesis and develop-ment of the modern myth of Cleopatra bathing in donkey’s milk. The origin of this myth can be traced back to the cinema of the 1930s. The result is that in the person of the actress Claudette Colbert her two roles as Cleopatra and Poppaea converged. This convergence was the basis for the popularization of the milk bath by the Cleopat-ra movie of 1963 with Elizabeth Taylor. KW - Cleopatra VII KW - Poppaea Sabina KW - cinema KW - advertisement KW - ass’s milk KW - dermatology KW - history of medicine Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol12.95 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 12 SP - 38 EP - 70 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Steffensen, Nils ED - Rollinger, Christian T1 - Ruhm, Ide(ologi)e, Macht BT - Robert Rossens Deutungen Alexanders des Großen JF - thersites 12 N2 - The first Hollywood film adaptation of Alexander the Great is Robert Rossen’s 1956 movie. Classicists have primarily been concerned with errors of historicity, Alexander’s assumed tragic traits, and rather associative conclusions concerning the movie’s political implications. This paper raises the question of Rossen’s depiction of Alexander's motives and aims. His assessment of the king is surprisingly complicated. Therefore, for the first time, Rossen's interview comments on Alexander are analysed comprehensively and systematically. Furthermore, it is shown that neglected sources are central to the plot. Finally, the film is interpreted against the backdrop of Rossen’s oeuvre. It can be demonstrated that Rossen’s issue is the problem of ideology. He seeks a redefinition of glory. Military success is only an excuse for the pursuit of mere power. For Rossen, however, the true fame is nothing but the benefit of the people. It took a long time for Alexander to realize that his rule was inane, and to reshape his policy. This interpretation is due to fundamental convictions reflected in Rossen’s oeuvre as well as to his personal experiences in politics. It is a plea for de-ideologization in times of the Cold War. KW - Alexander the Great KW - Robert Rossen KW - Cold War KW - Hellenism KW - HUAC Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol12.134 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 12 SP - 1 EP - 37 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Czech, Vinzenz T1 - Planstadt Doberlug T2 - Historisches Lexikon Brandenburgs Y1 - 2020 UR - http://www.brandenburgikon.net/index.php/de/sachlexikon/planstadt-doberlug PB - Arbeitskreis brandenburgische Landesgeschichte CY - Potsdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Partenheimer, Lutz ED - Freund, Stephan ED - Köster, Gabriele T1 - Die Bedeutung der Burgen Ballenstedt, Askania (Aschersleben) und Anhalt für die frühen Askanier sowie Albrecht den Bären JF - Albrecht der Bär, Ballenstedt und die Anfänge Anhalts Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-7954-3515-8 SP - 41 EP - 65 PB - Schnell und Steiner CY - Regensburg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Benedetti, Ginevra ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Recension de Fabien Bièvre-Perrin & Élise Pampanay (dir.) Antiquipop. La référence à l’Antiquité dans la culture populaire contemporaine BT - Lyon, MOM Éditions, 2018. OpenEdition Books, ISBN: 9782356680662, Open Access/€ 16.99 (EPUB/PDF) JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.121 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 401 EP - 410 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinemann, Matthias ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Review of Eran Almagor and Lisa Maurice (eds.), The Reception of Ancient Virtues and Vices in Modern Popular Culture. Beauty, Bravery, Blood and Glory BT - Brill (Leiden/Boston 2017) (= Metaforms 11), XIV + 424 pp., 32 mostly color illustrations. ISBN: 9789004347724, € 149.00 (hb, also available as e-book) JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/0.34679/thersites.vol11.111 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 392 EP - 400 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Löbcke, Konrad ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Review of Jesse Weiner, Benjamin E. Stevens & Brett M. Rogers (eds.): Frankenstein and Its Classics. The Modern Prometheus from Antiquity to Science Fiction BT - Bloomsbury Academic (London & New York 2018) (= Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception), xiv + 273 p., with 14 b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781350054905, £ 22.99/US$ 30.95 (pb)/£ 70.00/US$ 95 .00 (hb) JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.180 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 385 EP - 391 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wesselmann, Katharina ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Review of Rachel Bryant Davies: Victorian Epic Burlesques. A Critical Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Theatrical Entertainments after Homer BT - Bloomsbury (London & New York 2019) (= Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception), xi & 284 p., 12 illustrations. ISBN: 9781350027176, £ 26.09 (pb)/£ 81.00 (hb) JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.181 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 379 EP - 384 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Di Rocco, Emilia ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Review of Silvio Bär & Emily Hauser (eds.), Reading Poetry, Writing Genre. English Poetry and Literary Criticism in Dialogue with Classical Scholarship BT - Bloomsbury Academic (London & New York 2019) (Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception), xii & 256 p. ISBN: 978-1-350-03932-2, $ 102.60 (hb) JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.183 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 370 EP - 378 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brinker, Wolfram ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Rezension zu Harold Tarrant, Danielle A. Layne, Dirk Baltzly & François Renaud (eds.): Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Plato in Antiquity BT - Brill (Leiden & Boston 2018) (= Brill’s Companions to Classical Reception 13), p. xxi, 657. ISBN: 9789004270695, € 187.00 (hb) JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.177 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 362 EP - 369 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wöhrle, Georg ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Sängers Glück BT - zu Reinhard Meys Lied Ich wollte wie Orpheus singen JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture N2 - The German singer-songwriter Reinhard Mey, although not pretending to be a second Orpheus, nevertheless appears to be very familiar with classical myth. KW - classical reception KW - Orpheus KW - Reinhard Mey Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.171 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 357 EP - 361 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kranzdorf, Anna A1 - Werner, Eva ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - „An Herrn Prof. A. Wlosok“ BT - über eine der ersten Latinistikprofessorinnen im deutschsprachigen Raum – eine Spurensuche im Jahr 2020 JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture N2 - In contrast to other European countries, female professors of Classical Philology have been severely underrepresented in Germany. This article wants to shed light on Antonie Wlosok (1930–2013), the first or second woman to hold a Chair of Classical Philology in Germany. How can Wlosok’s work at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz be described, considering especially the very male-dominated academic world? Based on testimonials from the university archives and selected publications, this essay aims to give insights to this question, highlighting current debates about women in academia. KW - Antonie Wlosok KW - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz KW - history of women in academia KW - Gender Studies KW - history of classical philology Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.165 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 343 EP - 356 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schollmeyer, Patrick ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Lotte Eisner BT - eine Archäologin als Filmkritikerin JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture N2 - Lotte Eisner (1896–1983) is without doubt one of the most important early film critics and pioneers of film history. In the history of Classical Studies, however, she plays no role. She is not even mentioned in the relevant scholarly books or articles, although she received a doctorate degree in Classical Archaeology. But it is worth taking a closer look at this relatively short phase of her life. The following lines are to be understood as a sketch of her specific ‘archaeological’ view of German Expressionist silent films. Lotte Eisner herself comments on this in her autobiography. KW - Lotte Eisner KW - expressionism KW - silent film KW - vase-painting KW - Classical Archaeology Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.179 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 324 EP - 342 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wieber, Anja ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Die palmyrenische Königin Zenobia als Werbeikone für Seife JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture N2 - This article analyses, as an example of the advertising of cosmetic products, a campaign launched by the US-American company “Johnson Soap” for their product, the facial soap “Palmolive”. Examining its ads of 1911 in which certain ancient exempla are employed, it becomes clear that the Palmyrene queen Zenobia and with her the semi-historical Semiramis and the more mythical Dido are aligned to the “1001 Nights” character Scheherazade. Since they are jointly labelled as “historically famous oriental queens” and because of the reference to Zenobia’s white skin, they fall into the fantasy of fair-skinned harem women and evoke thoughts of all the pleasures and comforts of the luxurious Orient. To the modern female customer of 1900 (well steeped in the knowledge of those ancient characters) Zenobia and the other exempla should serve as celebrities worth emulating. Above all they are deemed to be beautiful, and experts in cosmetics which would guarantee the effect of the product they are standing for. A finding that proves to be valid even in an advertising concept of today for the Syrian-German “Zhenobya-soap”. KW - Zenobia KW - classical reception KW - advertising (cosmetics, USA, ca. 1900) KW - orientalism KW - racist subtext KW - Dido KW - Semiramis KW - Scheherazade KW - Cleopatra Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.169 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 277 EP - 323 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Seng, Helmut ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Träume statt Theurgie BT - Zum Traumbuch des Synesios (Περὶ ἐνυπνίων / De insomniis) JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture N2 - In his work De insomniis (On Dreams), Synesios adopts a rather critical view of theurgy, resembling Porphyry’s attitude; his wording shows polemical exaggeration. His insistence on the usefulness of dream revelation for hunting might be read as a (not too serious) claim to the divine inspiration of his work κυνηγετικαί. KW - Synesius KW - dreams KW - divination KW - theurgy KW - philosophy Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.167 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 247 EP - 276 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Feichtinger, Barbara ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Bukolisches Idyll in Bethlehem BT - zur kulturellen Hybridität von Hieronymus Epistula 46 JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture N2 - Epistula 46 is an invitation, written under the name of Paula and Eustochium, for Marcella to go to Bethlehem, by all means with the aim to stimulate positive interest in the Holy Land for a wider public and to inspire the urge to travel and sojourn. The narrative defines pilgrimage not only through biblical references but also familiarizes it through references to ancient pagan practices and pagan literature and makes it compatible with the lifestyle of Rome’s urban elites. While biblical references predominantly propagate Palestine’s spiritual appeal as a site of centuries-long salvation events, references to the classics – often combined with the expression or the stimulation of emotions – put the region’s social and intellectual appeal to the fore. The use of pagan literature, in which the traditions of educational travel of a cosmopolitan elite, the social utopia of aristocratic recessus, and not least the pleasure of otium aestheticised through literature are prefigurated, shapes Palestine in particular fashion as a place of longing. Especially the appeal of Bethlehem thus only forms through the combination of spiritual-intellectual visio and emotionally attractive social utopia, through conjunction of spelunca Christi and bucolic idyll. KW - Jerome KW - pilgrimage KW - intertextuality KW - cultural hybridity KW - Bethlehem Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.168 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 218 EP - 246 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Merli, Elena ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Nota sul Silio Italico ‹politico› negli epigrammi di Marziale JF - thersites = tessellae – Birthday Issue for Christine Walde N2 - In Martial’s epigrams Silius Italicus is portrayed as a man of learning, author of the Punica and admirer of Vergil’s works, but also as a public figure and a former consul of Rome. My paper focuses on the epigrams devoted to the ‘political’ Silius, and suggests to relate them mainly to a certain stage in Silius Italicus’ life and to a specific communication strategy. KW - Silius Italicus KW - Martial KW - Pliny the Younger KW - Neronian age KW - otium–negotium KW - literary patronage KW - senatorial class Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.175 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 205 EP - 217 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Grewing, Farouk F. ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - A Saturnalian poet as a literary critic BT - the carnivalesque poetics of Martial’s Apophoreta 183-196 JF - thersites = tessellae – Birthday Issue for Christine Walde N2 - This paper analyzes a specific section of Martial’s Apophoreta (Book 14), the ‘list’ of fourteen literary works that the poet-persona suggests to the reader as potentially suitable presents to give to friends on the occasion of the Saturnalia. It focuses strictly on the literary aspects of the poems and their underlying carnivalesque poetics. This includes an assessment of the logic of the poems’ arrangement and alleged inconsistencies. It is suggested that the section be read as a complex statement of Martial’s on various works and genres of Greek and Roman literature. The last couplet of the section (14.196), a certain Calvus’ work ‘On the use of cold water’ (De aquae frigidae usu), which is unidentifiable, receives particular attention, for previous scholarship has wasted a lot of ink on guessing what kind of work this may have been, thereby losing touch with the rich (meta-)poetics the couplet actually conveys. KW - Martial KW - epigram KW - Saturnalia KW - poetics KW - Apophoreta Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.170 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 176 EP - 204 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Esposito, Paolo ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Cesare nella Troade: l’impossibile rinascita del passato JF - PaRDeS : Zeitschrift der Vereinigung für Jüdische Studien = Transformative Translations in Jewish History and Culture N2 - Caesar’s visit to the ruins of ancient Troy in Lucan’s Bellum Civile book IX is an invented story which deals with important metaliterary themes such as poetic fama and the poetry’s eternalizing function. Lucan’s narrative also reveals the instrumental nature of Caesarean and Augustan propaganda: the Neronian poet highlights some contradictions of the Aeneid, showing the failure of the political project celebrated by Vergil. KW - Lucan KW - Caesar KW - historical memory KW - poetic glory KW - Aeneid Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.164 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 151 EP - 175 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinemann, Matthias A1 - Weiß, Adrian ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Roms Metamorphosen im Exil BT - die Romae novae des exul bei Ovid und Lucan JF - thersites 11: tessellae – Birthday Issue for Christine Walde N2 - In this article, we want to elucidate and contrast the exilic fates rendered in Ovid’s exilic elegies and in Lucan’s Bellum Civile. While Ovid’s persona undergoes a slow development towards acceptance of the exilic condition by ‘refounding’ a second Rome in Tomi, Lucan’s Pompey gradually severs himself from Rome, culminating in him dying far from home apparently without regrets. Both characters try to transfer the concept of Rome to new entities. However, they are not able to escape Rome’s grasp: Pompey is killed by a Roman mercenary in Egypt, Naso’s Roma secunda is in the end only a reproduction of the exul’s irrevocably Roman fate. KW - P. Ovidius Naso KW - M. Annaeus Lucanus KW - exile KW - Rome KW - Pompeius Magnus Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.162 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 117 EP - 150 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kirichenko, Alexander ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Sex, Macht und Fiktion in den Metamorphosen Ovids JF - thersites 11: tessellae – Birthday Issue for Christine Walde N2 - This article analyses the eroticized power dynamics that Ovid stages in the Metamorphoses. It argues that 1) erotic desire functions in Ovid as a synonym of the desire for power; 2) that the transformations of gods can be read as a metaphor of the powerful subjecting the powerless to their will; 3) that metamorphosed humans can be regarded as notional monuments to divine power; and 4) that, by parading the self-evident fictionality of his transformation tales (including, most notably, the story of Julius Caesar’s apotheosis in Book 15), Ovid allows his readers, at least for the duration of the reading process, to experience a modicum of freedom. KW - Ovid KW - Metamorphoses KW - Augustus KW - political Eros KW - fictionality Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.172 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 97 EP - 116 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmitzer, Ulrich ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Etymologie und Erotik BT - Properz schreibt das elegische Rom JF - thersites 11: tessellae – Birthday Issue for Christine Walde N2 - Propertius’ fourth book of elegies is generally read with respect to the antiquarian and aetiological learning presented there. But it is as well the continuation of the erotic themes that Propertius has developed in the first three books – book 4 is on both aetiology and love. KW - Propertius KW - Varro KW - elegy KW - Rome KW - aetiology Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.178 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 69 EP - 96 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schierl, Petra ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Der Heldenkörper in Szene gesetzt BT - die Muskeln des Hercules in Epos und Elegie JF - thersites 11: tessellae – Birthday Issue for Christine Walde N2 - Taking its cue from the portrayal of Hercules as muscleman in both films and ancient sculpture this article turns to poetry as a verbal art and examines when and how the hero's body comes into focus in Roman epic and elegy. It is argued that moments of crisis contrasting Hercules’ state in a given situation to his former heroic achievements give rise to representations of his body, while epic fight scenes rather draw attention to the bodies of his inferior opponents. The body is described through references to different body parts, qualified by attributes as masculine in elegiac contexts. A somewhat exotic word as tori suffices to highlight the hero’s muscular body. KW - Hercules KW - Roman epic KW - love elegy KW - body KW - heroism KW - masculinity Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.182 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 31 EP - 68 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weiss, Irene M. ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Amarilis y la belleza de Zacinto BT - voces de poetas en el idilio 4 de Teócrito JF - thersites 11: tessellae – Birthday Issue for Christine Walde N2 - Theocritus’ id. 4 has been considered by some scholars as an example of rural mime; the fact that the poem, a unique case in the Corpus Theocriteum, does not contain any pastoral song or contest contributes to the impression of ‘realism’. This lack could be an obstacle for the poetological approach to the bucolic genre in antiquity, which considers metapoetry as its main feature. Our reading of the idyll shows that this limitation is only apparent. KW - Theocritus KW - bucolic genre KW - metapoetry KW - intertextuality KW - Aristophanes Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.174 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - 1 EP - 30 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Ambühl, Annemarie T1 - Vorwort: tessellae JF - thersites 11: tessellae – Birthday Issue for Christine Walde N2 - Prolegomena to thersites 11, "tessellae – Birthday Issue for Christine Walde" Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol11.185 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2020 IS - 11 SP - i EP - vi ER - TY - THES A1 - Scianna, Bastian Matteo T1 - The Italian war on the eastern front, 1941–1943 BT - operations, myths and memories T2 - Italian and Italian American Studies N2 - The Italian Army’s participation in Hitler’s war against the Soviet Union has remained unrecognized and understudied. Bastian Matteo Scianna offers a wide-ranging, in-depth corrective. Mining Italian, German and Russian sources, he examines the history of the Italian campaign in the East between 1941 and 1943, as well as how the campaign was remembered and memorialized in the domestic and international arena during the Cold War. Linking operational military history with memory studies, this book revises our understanding of the Italian Army in the Second World War. Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-03026-523-6 PB - Palgrave Macmillan CY - Cham ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Hornung, Erik A1 - Schlögl, Hermann A1 - Kemp, Barry J. A1 - Schwinzer, Ellen A1 - Vomberg, Petra ED - Tietze, Christian T1 - Amarna : Lebensräume - Lebensbilder - Weltbilder N2 - Echnaton, Nofrete und die neu gebaute Hauptstadt Amarna beschäftigen nicht nur Archäologen und Ägyptologen, sondern sie sind seit langem Themen der Religions- und Kunstgeschichte, jetzt auch der Sozialgeschichte. Seit dem Fund der Tontafeln (1887) mit der Korrespondenz des Königs und der deutschen Ausgrabung von 1911-14 sind die Diskussionen über die Amarnazeit nicht abgerissen. Die Publikation stellt die Lebensräume der Stadtbewohner (Stadt, Umland, Gebäude) vor, zeichnet die Lebensbilder bedeutender Persönlichkeiten und beschreibt die Weltbilder dieser Zeit, die sich in Kunst und Religion widerspiegeln. Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-31598 ER -