Brill's New Pauly: The Reception of Myth and Mythology (Maria Moog-Grünewald, editor)Electronic through Brill's New Pauly Online and in print at - Humanities Reference DE 5 .N513 Vol. 4
Includes discussion about how new media, such as film, comics and advertising, have taken up the ancient mythological figures. 187 illustrations provide visual examples of this history.The articles discuss the ancient testimonies to a particular myth and pursue the theme through late antiquity and the Middle Ages into the early modern period and the (post)modern world. A bibliography at the end of each entry presents the current state of scholarship.The indices provide references firstly to other mythical figures, and secondly to over 2,600 representative figures of all creative genres from antiquity to the present day who have taken up, interpreted and constantly reshaped the ancient myths.