Christopher M McDonough
Biographic Data
| ID | 5656935 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher M McDonough |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher M |
| FAMILY NAME | McDonough |
| SIGNATURE | MCDONOUGH C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1University of the South, Department of Classical Languages Sewanee, TN 37383 USA, Email: [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Blind Man Eats Many Flies”
The Blind Man Eats Many Flies": From Folk Remedy to Folk Saying?." ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
Pontius Pilate on Screen
Pontius Pilate on Screen
Pontius Pilate On-Screen: Sinner, Soldier, Superstar deals with one of history’s most controversial characters. From Monty Python’s Life of Brian to Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ , Pontius Pilate is a figure of endless fascination to filmmakers. The Roman prefect is portrayed at times as the hapless victim of machinations beyond his control and at other times as the heartless villain of the piece. If in films about the Passion Jesus represen…
‘We at War’
After recounting the personal story of seeing Mel Gibson’s controversial but compelling The Passion of the Christ in a crowded theatre shortly after its premiere in 2004, the author reflects upon the performance of the gruff Bulgarian actor, Hristo Shopov, as Pontius Pilate. Set against his more compassionate wife played by Claudia Gerini, this Pilate speaks in Latin and Aramaic, but he seems motivated by twenty-first century concerns for power a…
Quod Scripsi Scripsi
This is not a book about Pontius Pilate. Not really. It is a book, instead, about what Pilate means, and has meant, on film and television. While this means looking to the religious and historical significance of the Roman prefect, there are a host of other issues I hope to unpack in this volume. Among these matters is the political context in which any given film was produced, as well as the “office politics” which often require archival explora…
Lectisternium
The lectisternium was a Roman propitiatory ritual taking the form of a banquet served to the gods, whose statues would be placed in pairs on couches (singular, pulvinar ).
Iovis epulum
The Iovis epulum , “feast of Jupiter,” was an elaborate feast celebrated publicly in Jupiter's honor on the Capitoline hill during the Ludi Plebeii on the Ides of November and, at least from Augustan times, during the Ludi Romani on the Ides of September.
Equus October
The Equus October was, according to a late source, “sacrificed annually each October to Mars on the Campus Martius.
Equirria
A paired set of festivals in honor of Mars, celebrated on February 27 and March 14, during which horse‐races were held on the Campus Martius (cf. Varr. Ling . 6.13; Ov. Fast . 2.856–62, 3.519–22).
Lares
The Lares (singular, Lar) were a class of Roman tutelary deities. Though found on both the domestic and public level, Lar was employed as a synonym for “home” itself.
Penates, di penates
The ( di ) Penates were the premier Roman gods of guardianship.
Back in the Saddle Again (CIL 14.3911)
Women at the Ara Maxima in the fourth century A.D
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The Swallows on Cleopatra's Ship
Soaking Your Head
Women at the Ara Maxima in the fourth century A.D
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Soaking Your Head
The Swallows on Cleopatra's Ship
Women at the Ara Maxima in the fourth century A.D
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Back in the Saddle Again (CIL 14.3911)
Lectisternium
The lectisternium was a Roman propitiatory ritual taking the form of a banquet served to the gods, whose statues would be placed in pairs on couches (singular, pulvinar ).
Iovis epulum
The Iovis epulum , “feast of Jupiter,” was an elaborate feast celebrated publicly in Jupiter's honor on the Capitoline hill during the Ludi Plebeii on the Ides of November and, at least from Augustan times, during the Ludi Romani on the Ides of September.
Equus October
The Equus October was, according to a late source, “sacrificed annually each October to Mars on the Campus Martius.
Equirria
A paired set of festivals in honor of Mars, celebrated on February 27 and March 14, during which horse‐races were held on the Campus Martius (cf. Varr. Ling . 6.13; Ov. Fast . 2.856–62, 3.519–22).
Lares
The Lares (singular, Lar) were a class of Roman tutelary deities. Though found on both the domestic and public level, Lar was employed as a synonym for “home” itself.
Penates, di penates
The ( di ) Penates were the premier Roman gods of guardianship.
Pontius Pilate on Screen
Pontius Pilate On-Screen: Sinner, Soldier, Superstar deals with one of history’s most controversial characters. From Monty Python’s Life of Brian to Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ , Pontius Pilate is a figure of endless fascination to filmmakers. The Roman prefect is portrayed at times as the hapless victim of machinations beyond his control and at other times as the heartless villain of the piece. If in films about the Passion Jesus represen…
‘We at War’
After recounting the personal story of seeing Mel Gibson’s controversial but compelling The Passion of the Christ in a crowded theatre shortly after its premiere in 2004, the author reflects upon the performance of the gruff Bulgarian actor, Hristo Shopov, as Pontius Pilate. Set against his more compassionate wife played by Claudia Gerini, this Pilate speaks in Latin and Aramaic, but he seems motivated by twenty-first century concerns for power a…
Quod Scripsi Scripsi
This is not a book about Pontius Pilate. Not really. It is a book, instead, about what Pilate means, and has meant, on film and television. While this means looking to the religious and historical significance of the Roman prefect, there are a host of other issues I hope to unpack in this volume. Among these matters is the political context in which any given film was produced, as well as the “office politics” which often require archival explora…
Pontius Pilate on Screen
The Blind Man Eats Many Flies”
The Blind Man Eats Many Flies": From Folk Remedy to Folk Saying?." ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes and Reviews, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2
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