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So I did a (brief) review of the Nolan film already on this site--inasmuch as I had things to say about it specifically.

This video is different, despite the "teaser" image. In it, I talk about a range of matters involving taking the ancient world into ours, in fictional form. Including the difference between mythic retellings and historical fiction (they are not the same).

There are better people who really specialize in Homer, to review the film. So I focused instead on my own personal experience as a writer, as much as a historian.

So if you're interested in commentary on Dancing with the Lion, there's a fair bit in here. (Some of which is not new, if you've been following me a while.) But also some broader issues.

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Etruscan necklace with a Phoenician pendant in the form of a bearded head

550 - 450 BCE