Awix (3310 KP) rated Troy (2004) in Movies
Mar 26, 2019
Whole thing is handled in broad strokes and there are quite a few divergences from the traditional legend (the Trojan war lasts about a fortnight, not ten years, and you can forget any notion of Brad Pitt's Achilles being into, er, Greek-style romance, if you know what I mean), but overall this is fun, rousing stuff. Looking back on it now the various bits of political subtext not-so-subtly inserted into the film seem amusingly quaint more than anything else. A well-staged, classy blockbuster.
Antigone: A New Translation
Sophocles and Robert Bagg
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Character Evidence in the Courts of Classical Athens: Rhetoric, Relevance and the Rule of Law
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There has been much debate in scholarship over the factors determining the outcome of legal hearings...
BookCritics (259 KP) rated Lincoln in the Bardo in Books
May 16, 2017
Original Score- 5 out of 5
Read Review: http://balletbookworm.blogspot.co.uk/2017/02/lincoln-in-bardo-by-george-saunders.html
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/06/book-review-battle-of-labyrinth-by-rick.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
The New Testament for Everyone
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Carving Classical Styles in Wood
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This book explains the principles of classical ornamentation and how the motifs evolved through the...
300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
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Greek warrior Themistokles uses his forces to war wage war against the powerful Xerxes and his...
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Smuggling Hendrix (2018)
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