Mitchell, Gordon 22
Lilo and Stitch 184
Mortal Kombat 148
The Lion King 178, 182
Mulvey, Laura 104 –106
The Little Mermaid 180
Musker, John 180, 181
Livius 63, 64, 66
Mussolini, Benito 18, 19
Looney Tunes 176
My Son, the Hero 193
Lord of the Rings (1978) 96
The Lord of the Rings (2001) 71
National Fascist Party (Italy) 4
The Lost City 92
Neale, Steve 61, 63, 93
Lotman, Jurij M. 124
Ned Kelly 2
The Loves of Hercules (Gli amori di Ercole)
Nemesis 126
18 –22
Nestor 47, 108, 112, 114, 118
Lucanio, Patrick 4, 91, 93, 94, 196
The Never Ending Story 120
Lucia 64
Newman, James 148
Lucilla 44, 50, 51, 55, 63
Nisbet, Gideon 55, 197
Lucius 51, 55
Norris, Chuck 89
Luke Skywalker 89
Odius 189, 191, 195, 198 –200
MacDonald, Marianne 31
Odysseus 46, 47, 75, 81, 83, 117, 118, 126, 128,
MacIntyre, Alasdair 78, 84, 85
131, 135, 141, 142
Maciste 4, 6, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 60, 61, 78, 89,
Odyssey 76, 77, 90, 124 –127, 130, 131, 134, 141
90 –92, 110
Oedipus 29, 34
Maciste 91
Oedipus Rex 29, 30, 34
Maciste, Gladiator of Sparta 21
Okami 150
Maciste in Hell 91, 92
Osric 99
Maggi, Luigi 4
Man-at-Arms 158
Pagano, Bartolomeo 4
Manfredi, Valerie Massimo 68
Pain 179
Mann, Anthony 109
Panic 179
Mann, Michael 2
Paoella, Domenico 61
Manovich, Lev 184
Paris 47, 52–55, 120, 124 –6, 128 –134, 136 –141
Mansfield, Jayne 22
Park, Reg 22
Marcellus 64
Pasolini, Pier Paolo 9, 21, 29 –38
Marcus Aurelius 55, 63
Patacci, Claretta 19
Mariniello, Silvestra 30, 33, 34
Pathfinder 101
Marshall Plan 16, 22–24
Patroclus 46, 47, 51, 77, 112, 117, 119, 139, 140
Masters of the Universe (toy line) 154 –158,
Patrone, Giovanni 4, 91, 110
160, 161, 164, 166, 170 –173
Pavone, Carlo 19
Index
211
Peleus 46, 112
Samson in King Solomon’s Mines 93
Penelope 81, 130, 131, 138, 141
Sandow, Eugene 196, 197
The Penelopiad 81
Sarpedon 77
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Light-
Savinio, Albert 22, 23
ning Thief 14
Scar 182
Perseus 8, 14, 70, 71, 75
Scarfe, Gerald 181
Petersen, Wolfgang 5, 11, 106 –122
Schehr, Laurence R. 164, 173
Phillipides 20, 62, 63, 122
Schein, Seth L. 125
Philoctetes 182
Schenk, Irmbert 7, 8, 14, 122
Phoebus 180
Schliemann, Heinrich 142
Pitt, Brad 113
Schor, Naomi 164
Pixar 178
Schuyler Davis 189, 190, 193 –195, 198 –201
Pocahontas 178, 180
Schwarzenegger, Arnold 13, 66, 98, 158, 164
Pollux 126, 133 –135
Schwenger, Peter 15, 160, 164, 166
Poseidon 131
Scott, Gordon 22
Prager, Brad 115
Scott, Ridley 5, 42, 67, 68, 109, 159
Preston, John 161, 162, 165, 166
Second Wave of Peplum Films 5, 8, 10, 14,
Priam 52, 54, 112, 125, 128 –130, 132, 138 –140
110, 122
The Prince 180
See Ya Later Gladiator 176
Prince, David A. 178
Segal, Lynne 43
Prince Adam 169, 171
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 175
Prince Charming 180
Shadow of Rome 148
Prince of Egypt 176
Sheffield, Tricia 159
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 101
She-Ra: Princess of Power 5
Prince Philip 180
Sholay 2
“Prodican Hercules” 188, 190, 196, 200
Siciliano, Angelo 197
Prodicus 188, 201
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger 175
Prometheus Unbound 187
Skeletor 155, 158
Propp, Vladimir 128, 134, 135, 136
Sleeping Beauty 180
Protas, Allison 3
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves 180
Proximo 43, 44
Snyder, Zack 5, 40, 48
Pumping Iron 164
Solon 84
Son of Hercules in the Land of Darkness 60
“Queen of the Black Coast” 168
Son of Samson (Maciste nella Valle dei Re) 17,
Quo vadis? (1913) 4, 91
21
Sontag, Susan 144, 145, 146, 150, 152, 181
Sophocles 29
Rambo 68, 69; see also First Blood
Spartacus 44, 66, 68, 80, 83, 104 –106, 109,
Rambo see John Rambo
176
Reagan, Ronald 88, 97, 99, 101
Spartacus (film character) 6, 21, 64, 68, 76,
Rebello, Stephen 181
78, 79, 82, 84, 85, 105, 168
Red Sonja 13, 86, 89, 96, 100
Spartacus (television series character) 8, 11,
Reddy, Vasu 163, 171
70, 146, 148, 149, 151
Reeves, Steve 4, 20, 22, 62, 188, 190, 193, 194,
Spartacus: Blood and Sand 8, 11, 70, 83, 144 –
196, 197, 200
152, 159, 168
The Robe 66, 72
Spinazzola, Vittorio 16, 28
Rocky 66, 89
Stack, Oswald 36, 37
Roman Legion-Hare 176
Star Wars 89
Rome 146
Stone, Oliver 5, 102
Romper Stomper 67
Stratos 158
Romulus 68, 69
Streetfighter 148
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano 23
Studlar, Gaylyn 106, 11
Rubin, Gayle 31, 32, 36
Subotai 97, 100
Rushing, Robert A. 179, 180
Sweet, Roger 157
Russo, Vito 42
The Sword and the Sorcerer 89, 96
Ryan, Michael 87, 88, 89, 92, 94, 97, 101
Tarzan 184
The Saboteur 150
The Ten Commandments 176
Saetta 6
Teocrito 63
Samson 6
Teorema 34, 38
Samson and the Mighty Challenge 60
The Terminator 66, 68
212
Index
Tessari, Duccio 18
Valeria 79, 97, 98
The Testament of Maciste 91
Van Damme, Jean-Claude 67
Thaur 6
Van Watson, William 33
Theokoles 148
Varinia 82
Theseus 6, 134, 136
Varro 70
Theseus of Rhodes 189, 199
Verdicchio, Pasquale 38
Thetis 111, 127, 130, 137
La viaccia 21
Third Wave of Peplum Films 5, 10, 14
Viano, Maurizio 30, 32, 34, 35, 36
300 5, 40, 41, 44, 48 –50, 52, 53, 55, 76, 80,
Village People 163
83 –85, 101, 175
von Sternberg, Josef 105, 106
The 300 Spartans 64
Wade, Jay C. 170
Three Stooges 189, 190, 194, 195, 198
Walt Disney Company 177–185
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules 12, 188 –201
Warner, Michael 36
Thulsa Doom 7, 80, 93, 97, 98
The Warrior and the Sorceress 100
Thundarr the Barbarian 5
Weider, Ben 197
Tiger Woods 150
Weider, Joe 197
Time Bandits 96
Wells, Paul 175
Tiresias 85
Wexler, Haskell 87
Toy Story 178
White, T.H. 58
Treasure Planet 184
Whitfield, Andy 151
Tri-Klops 158
Winckelmann, Johann-Joachim 116
Triopas 46
Wise, Robert 131
Triton 180, 182
the Wizard 98
Troy 5, 11, 41, 44, 45 –48, 50, 52–55, 106 –122,
Wolf, Mark J.P. 147
142, 175
Wolf, Martin 112, 113
Truman, Harry S 22, 23
Wood, Robin 97
Turner, Susanne 44
Woodruff, Paul 75 –77, 84, 85
20th-Century–Fox 179
Wyke, Maria 196, 198
The Two Gladiators (I due gladiatori) 16
Tyndareus 126, 133 –136
Xerxes 40, 53, 54, 55
Uhlenbrock, Jaimee Pugliese 187
Zeno Clash 151
Ulysses 6, 192
Zeus 126, 127, 178, 182
Ulysses 193
Ž iž ek, Slavoj 60
Undersea Kingdom 92
Zodac 158
Ursus 4, 6, 71
Usai, Paolo Cherchi 91, 92
Document Outline
Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction
Hercules, Politics, and Movies
Hero Trouble
“To do or die manfully”
From Maciste to Maximus and Company
Reverent and Irreverent Violence
“Civilization ... ancient and wicked”
Homer’s Lies, Brad Pitt’s Thighs
An Enduring Logic
“By Jupiter’s Cock!”
Beefy Guys and Brawny Dolls
Developments in Peplum Filmmaking
Hercules Diminished?
About the Contributors
Index