"Troy" looks amazing..
03-05-04, 02:04 PM
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Originally posted by funkyryno
How many sword-and-sandal epic movies have come out since Gladiator? I'm wracking my mind, but I can't think of any.
How many sword-and-sandal epic movies have come out since Gladiator? I'm wracking my mind, but I can't think of any.
Oh wait, they were barefoot.
Nevermind.
03-05-04, 03:24 PM
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Originally posted by theneobez
Looks alright, we'll wait and see how it turns out.
Looks alright, we'll wait and see how it turns out.
03-05-04, 03:44 PM
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Originally posted by Daytripper
The lead actress in the clip (although very pretty) comes across very wooden.
The lead actress in the clip (although very pretty) comes across very wooden.
(sorry, couldn't resist)
Actually, the 'Trojan Horse' wasn't in the Iliad at all, but was introduced by Virgil in The Aeneid.
03-05-04, 04:10 PM
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Originally posted by wendersfan
No, that was the horse.
(sorry, couldn't resist)
Actually, the 'Trojan Horse' wasn't in the Iliad at all, but was introduced by Virgil in The Aeneid.
No, that was the horse.
(sorry, couldn't resist)
Actually, the 'Trojan Horse' wasn't in the Iliad at all, but was introduced by Virgil in The Aeneid.
03-05-04, 04:14 PM
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Originally posted by baracine
No, that part of the story is in the Odyssey and many other ancient Greek sources before Virgil. See: Robert Graves, "The Greek Myths"
No, that part of the story is in the Odyssey and many other ancient Greek sources before Virgil. See: Robert Graves, "The Greek Myths"
03-05-04, 04:28 PM
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Originally posted by wendersfan
Then I've got a bone to pick with my 4th semester college Latin teacher
Then I've got a bone to pick with my 4th semester college Latin teacher
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03-05-04, 04:31 PM
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Originally posted by baracine
He was right in insisting it's not in the Iliad, which is a popular misconception, the Iliad only telling about the 9 th year of 10-year siege.
He was right in insisting it's not in the Iliad, which is a popular misconception, the Iliad only telling about the 9 th year of 10-year siege.
03-05-04, 06:21 PM
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Originally posted by wendersfan
Well, she basically said it was an invention of Virgil's, and not Homer, as is generally thought...
Well, she basically said it was an invention of Virgil's, and not Homer, as is generally thought...
I quote from this site:
http://ancienthistory.about.com/libr...y/aa090898.htm
But what about the real story -- the Apple of discord, the Trojan Horse, and Achilles' heel?
Despite the burned Alexandrian library and the Middle Ages' loss of classical scholarship, it would have been hard for us NOT to know the stories. About a third of all surviving Greek literary papyri are Homeric. Every Greco-Roman schoolboy learned his Homer and knew the story of the Trojan War. His auxiliary sources included drama and other poetry, from the now lost writing about the Trojan War cycle to The Aeneid and Metamorphoses. One of the "cyclic" poems starts where The Iliad leaves off and the Amazons, led by Penthesilia, come in. This poem, known as Aethiopis, is believed to be the foundation for The Fall of Troy, by the 4th C A.D. poet, Quintus, referred to as Smyrnaeus. Other poems that may have provided source material are Iliupersis, by Arctinus (c 776 B.C.), and the Little Iliad, by Lesches (c 700 B.C.).
But the best source of all has to be Robert Wise's wonderful film of 1955, Helen of Troy. It provides us with priceless information on Helen's bra size, eye and hair colour and Paris' smooth gymnast's body.
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03-05-04, 06:37 PM
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Originally posted by Ranger
Wonder what it will be rated. Looks like a R-movie.
Wonder what it will be rated. Looks like a R-movie.
I want this movie to be awesome, but for some reason something just doesnt feel 'right'... I dont know if its the bright day time 'look' or the line delivery or what...
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03-06-04, 10:02 AM
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Well, it would be hard not to have nudity since all the warriors were nude under their armor and Achilles is said to have dragged Hector nude around Troy after he killed Hector.
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Originally posted by bhk
Well, it would be hard not to have nudity since all the warriors were nude under their armor and Achilles is said to have dragged Hector nude around Troy after he killed Hector.
Well, it would be hard not to have nudity since all the warriors were nude under their armor and Achilles is said to have dragged Hector nude around Troy after he killed Hector.
