This book adopts a new approach to the classical world by focusing on ancient popular culture.

The mass of the Roman people constituted well over 90% of the population. Much ancient history, however, has focused on the lives, politics and culture of the m

This book is an enthusiastic celebration of the ways in which popular culture has consumed aspects of the ancient Near East to construct new realities. The edit

, Martin M. Winkler, and Maria Wyke--Peter Bondanella, Indiana University "Classical Outlook"

This revised and expanded second edition responds to new developments in the reception of Greece in contemporary popular culture, and particularly the impact of