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 - Anders, Friedrich ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Rezension von Erich Claßen u. a. (Hrsgg.): Roms fließende Grenzen. Archäologische Landesausstellung Nordrhein- Westfalen 2021/2022 BT - wbg Theiss (Darmstadt 2021) (= Schriften zur Bodendenkmalpf lege in Nordrhein-Westfalen Band 12), 584 S., 410 farb. Abb. ISBN: 978-3-8062-4428-1, 40,00 € JF - thersites 16 Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.212 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 145 EP - 153 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Barthel, Christian ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Rezension von Łukasz Różycki: Battlefield Emotions in Late Antiquity. A Study of Fear and Motivation in Roman Military Treatises BT - Brill (Leiden/Boston 2021) (= History of Warfare, Band 136), VIII + 334 S. ISBN: 978-90-04-46241-0, € 145,00 (hb) JF - thersites 16 Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.221 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 154 EP - 160 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pohl, Patrik ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Rezension von Gianna Zipp: Gewalt in Laktanz’ De mortibus persecutorum BT - De Gruyter (Berlin/Boston 2021) (= Millennium. Studien zu Kultur und Geschichte des ersten Jahrtausends n. Chr. 95), 298 S. ISBN: 978-3-11-074066-0, 113,95 € JF - thersites 16 Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.235 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 184 EP - 189 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrara, Pasquale ED - Ambühl, Annemarie ED - Carlà-Uhink, Filippo ED - Rollinger, Christian ED - Walde, Christine T1 - Recensione di Mario Baumann/ Vasileios Liotsakis (eds.): Reading History in the Roman Empire BT - de Gruyter (Berlin/Boston 2022) (= Millennium 98), X + 266 p . ISBN: 9783110764062, Open Access JF - thersites 16 Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol16.236 SN - 2364-7612 VL - 2023 IS - 16 SP - 178 EP - 183 ER - TY - THES A1 - Knoll, Wolf-Rüdiger T1 - Die Treuhandanstalt in Brandenburg BT - regionale Privatisierungspraxis 1990-2000 T2 - Studie zur Geschichte der Treuhandandstalt Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-96289-173-2 PB - Ch. Links CY - Berlin 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 - 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 - 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 -