Classical Reception is the process by which, “individuals and societies continually reappropriate and redefine classical antiquity in an effort to assert (or, at times, to challenge) continuity with a privileged past,” (Broder 505). It encourages classicists to examine the impacts ancient texts have made on those who have interacted with them and reveals the values […]
B06: Rewriting Marginality: Depictions of Greek Myth in Contemporary Literature
In recent years, a notable number of novels that reimagine Ancient Greek mythology have been published and received considerable attention among popular audiences. These novels deserve equal attention by scholars in the field of classical reception, which focuses on the treatment and appropriation of ancient myth. Classical reception asks, what features of ancient myth have […]