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Jon Solomon

Author of The Ancient World in the Cinema: Revised and Expanded Edition

11+ Works 105 Members 1 Review

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Jon Solomon is Professor of Classics at the University of Arizona.

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Works by Jon Solomon

The Ancient World in the Cinema: Revised and Expanded Edition (1978) 54 copies

The Complete Three Stooges: The Official Filmography and Three Stooges Companion (2001) 17 copies

Ancient Roman Feasts and Recipes Adapted for Modern Cooking; De Epulis Et Arte Coquinaria Romanorum Antiquorum… (1977) 12 copies

Accessing Antiquity: The Computerization of Classical Studies (1993) — Editor — 5 copies

Apollo: Origins and Influence (1994) — Editor — 5 copies

Harmonics (1999) 4 copies

The Classical Tradition: Greece and Rome Volume 2 2 copies

Ben-Hur: The Original Blockbuster (Screening Antiquity EUP) (2016) 2 copies

Ancient Worlds in Film and Television: Gender and Politics (Metaforms) (2012) — Editor — 2 copies

Classical Tradition from the Middle Ages to the Present (1997) 1 copy

Study guide for Greek mythology (1997) 1 copy

Associated Works

Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema (2001) — Contributor — 23 copies

Gladiator: Film and History (2004) — Contributor — 23 copies

Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander: Film, History, and Cultural Studies (2010) — Contributor — 20 copies

Rome Season One: History Makes Television (2008) — Contributor — 17 copies

Troy: From Homer's Iliad to Hollywood Epic (2006) — Contributor — 15 copies

Food In Antiquity (Classical Studies) (1995) — Contributor — 13 copies

One Book, The Whole Universe: Plato's Timaeus Today (2010) — Contributor — 12 copies

Medea (Literary Companion Series) (2000) — Contributor — 11 copies

The Ancient World in Silent Cinema (2013) — Contributor — 9 copies

Readings on Sophocles (1996) — Contributor — 8 copies

A Handbook to the Reception of Ovid (HCRZ - Wiley Blackwell Handbooks to Classical Reception) (2014) — Contributor — 5 copies

Bigger than Ben-Hur : the book, its adaptations, and their audiences (2016) — Contributor — 5 copies

The Oxford handbook of Greek and Roman mythography (2022) — Contributor — 5 copies

Classics and Cinema (Bucknell Review) (1991) — Contributor — 4 copies

Return to Troy: New Essays on the Hollywood Epic (Metaforms) (2015) — Contributor — 4 copies

The Modern Hercules Images of the Hero from the Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century (Metaforms) (2020) — Contributor — 1 copy

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The Ancient World in the Cinema: Revised and… by Jon Solomon

Thorough, sometimes humorous, overview, by time period/genre, of the many movies that have dealt with the ancient world. Numerous screen shots and useful indices.

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saholc | Jan 10, 2008 |

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Works: 11
Also by: 16
Members: 105
Popularity: #183,191
Rating: ½ 3.6

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 21
Languages: 1

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