Introduction
Homeric echoes. Introduction: sing, oh muse! Homeric echoes, modern issues in millennial films?
Petersen's Troy: reimagining Homeric heroes
Resinging The odyssey: myth and myth making in the O brother, where art thou?
Discussion questions for "Homeric echoes"
The reluctant hero. Introduction: Hercules,The clash of the titans/Wrath of the titans and Immortals: fate of humans, the fate of the gods
What is old is newish again: Hercules
Clash of the titans, Wrath of the titans: altered prototypes and Aeschylean, Wagnerian dimensions
Theseus in the Immortals: an ideal hero for a rough age
Women in the margins. Introduction: mythical women in the margins
Blooming maiden and fertile goddess: the myths of Pan's Labyrinth
The perils of oppression: the myth of Medea in Arturo Ripstein Such is Life
Coming of age in the new millennium. Introduction: growing up in a different world
Gaze, knowledge snakes and riddles, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as foundation myth
Arrows, Roots, Bread and Song: Mythical aspects of the Hunger Games
Percy Jackson and the Olympians : The Lightening Thief: an American parody of the Hero's journey
New Versions of Pygmalion
Introduction: new and old Pygmalions
Lars and the Real Girl and the Pygmalion myth: Trauma, Community and Desire
Ruby Sparks: Re-reading Pygmalion and Narcissus
Epilogue: myths and movies, movies and myths.