Classics professor Antony Augoustakis has just published an edited collection of essays called Screening Love and War in Troy: Fall of a City.
This is the first volume of essays published on the 2018 BBC One and Netflix television series Troy: Fall of a City. Covering a wide range of engaging topics, such as gender, race and politics, international scholars in the fields of classics, history, and film studies discuss how the story of Troy has been recreated on screen to suit the expectations of modern audiences. The series is commended for the thought-provoking way it handles important issues arising from the Trojan War narrative that continue to impact our society today.
“I chose to work on this Netflix series because it brings the ancient world back to life with issues that resonate for us in the 21st century, such as diversity and minorities in the ancient world, women's rights, equality, social uprise, global pandemics," said Augoustakis.
Dania De La Hoya Rojas, Department of Classics