Some of the challenges of this project would be to narrow the scope of what books/films I want to cover. There are tons of epic films and historical novels out there that borrow material from the ancient world, and it would be impossible to cover all of them. My strategy for this is to try and select only a few (3-5) items per page and to try and have a good mix of books and films if possible. I want to try and choose a variety of material from the very good, to the very bad.
For example, for the page on Greece, I might choose to cover the film 300 (which is known for its extreme violence and visual effects), the book The Persian Boy (a highly respected novel whose author has often been recommended reading in my Classics courses) and Reign (an anime adaptation of the life of Alexander the Great set in the year 3000 A.D. ).
Then after each little summary and review I would want to include links to resources for more information as well as some recommended books. Some websites I might want to include for the different films/books would be:
The Greek Mythology Link
This would be really great for the Troy page since it covers mythology and has a special section on Troy.
The Perseus Digital Library
This library provides both Greek/Latin and English translations of primary works of history and would be great for the history based films/books since I could link to specific texts.
Roman Emperors: The Imperial Index
This website (created by a Classics professor at Penn State) has a lot of information about the different Roman emperors so it would be excellent for the Rome page.
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