In Search of Ancient Myths

This chapter examines the need for legitimization of our culture by the esteemed ancient cultures through a visual dialogue between modern and ancient has resulted in the production of counter-narratives of the past. These alternative narratives encourage modern interpretations of the ancient world by practitioners and seek to be authorized by the classicists. The discussion explores how and why documentary making (for example, the work of Michael Wood and Bettany Hughes) has changed popular conceptions of the Homeric world and our reception of classical myth and history. The chapter investigates the notion of a ‘democratic turn’ in Homeric receptions stimulated by the practice and the research of documentary making and demonstrates how the ancient world has played an essential role to the creation of highly-developed sets of cultural appropriations by documentary and its audiences.

Ancient Greece · Art · Democracy · Literature · Mythology · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · History · Law · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism

• Ancient World Documentaries

  Open Access•Fiona Hobden•A Companion to Ancient Greece and…•2017

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