Contents

pp v-vi

Series Editors’ Preface

pp vii-viii

Editors’ Acknowledgments

pp ix-ix

Contributors

pp x-xiii

List of Illustrations

pp xiv-xvi

Introduction: The Reinvention of the Ancient Hero

pp 1-10

PART I - HERCULES

pp 11-12

1 - Hercules and the Millennial Generation

pp 13-27

2 - Hercules: The Mythopoetics of New Heroism

pp 28-42

3 - Hercules, Putin, and the Heroic Body on Screen in 2014

pp 43-59

4 - Heroes and Companions in Hercules (2014)

pp 60-73

5 - Sacrifice and Salvific Heroism in Supernatural (2005–)

pp 74-90

PART II - EPIC HEROES

pp 91-92

6 - Russell Crowe and Maximal Projections in Noah (2014)

pp 93-110

7 - The Immortality of Theseus and His Myth

pp 111-124

8 - The Changing Faces of Heroism in Atlantis (2013–15)

pp 125-140

9 - Xena: Warrior, Heroine, Tramp

pp 141-155

10 - Divergent Heroism in Centurion (2010)

pp 156-170

PART III - ANTIHEROES

pp 171-172

11 - The Hero in a Thousand Pieces: Antiheroes in Recent Epic Cinema

pp 173-190

12 - Trouble in the Tehran Multiplex: Xerxes, 300, and 300: Rise of an Empire in Iran

pp 191-205

13 - Ancient (Anti)Heroes on Screen and Ancient Greece Post-9/11

pp 206-221

14 - Making Modern (Anti)Heroes, the Ancient Way

pp 222-237

Filmography

pp 238-243

Bibliography

pp 244-263

Index

pp 264-271