Ben-Hur
Author : Lew Wallace
Publisher :
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 38,85 MB
Release : 1970
Category : Bible
ISBN :
The Chariot-race from Ben-Hur
Author : Lew Wallace
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 35,35 MB
Release : 1908
Category : American fiction
ISBN :
Book Description
One of the most notable moments in the race came from a near-fatal accident. When Judah Ben-Hur's chariot jumps over the wreckage of a chariot in its path, Ben-Hur is almost thrown out of his chariot.
Messala
Author : Lois Scouten
Publisher : BPS Books
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 16,39 MB
Release : 2011-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1926645669
Book Description
Messala's once-passionate romance with Iras the Egyptian collapses, in this tale that follows his subsequent journey to health, his fluctuating fortunes in Roman society, and his attraction to various Roman beauties before he finds marital contentment in a new love.
Ben-Hur
Author : Jon Solomon
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 929 pages
File Size : 46,23 MB
Release : 2016-04-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 147440796X
Book Description
Ben-Hur was the first literary blockbuster to generate multiple and hugely profitable adaptations, highlighted by the 1959 film that won a record-setting 11 Oscars. General Lew Wallace's book was spun off into dozens of popular publications and media productions, becoming a veritable commercial brand name that earned tens of millions of dollars. Ben-Hur: The Original Blockbuster surveys the Ben-Hur phenomenon's unprecedented range and extraordinary endurance: various editions, spin-off publications, stage productions, movies, comic books, radio plays, and retail products were successfully marketed and sold from the 1880s and throughout the twentieth century. Today Ben-Hur Live is touring Europe and Asia, with a third MGM film in production in Italy.Jon Solomon's new book offers an exciting and detailed study of the Ben-Hur brand, tracking its spectacular journey from Wallace's original novel through to twenty-first century adaptations, and encompassing a wealth of previously unexplored material along the way
The Roman Games
Author : Alison Futrell
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 38,52 MB
Release : 2009-02-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1405153156
Book Description
This sourcebook presents a wealth of material relating to everyaspect of Roman spectacles, especially gladiatorial combat andchariot racing. Draws on the words of eye-witnesses and participants, as wellas depictions of the games in mosaics and other works of art. Offers snapshots of “a day at the games” and“the life of a gladiator”. Includes numerous illustrations. Covers chariot-races, water pageants, naval battles and wildanimal fights, as well as gladiatorial combat. Combines political, social, religious and archaeologicalperspectives. Facilitates an in-depth understanding of this important featureof ancient life.
Ben Hur
Author : Patrick Barlow
Publisher : Samuel French, Incorporated
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 21,35 MB
Release : 2017-11-09
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780573705939
Book Description
Based on one of the timeless story of one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century, this stage adaptation condenses the epic tale so that it can be told by just four actors (or it can be expanded for a cast of up to twenty-six). The story follows an amateur theatre troupe as they produce the massive tale of the fictional Jewish prince and merchant Judah Ben-Hur. He falls to galley slave and rises to champion charioteer within Jerusalem during the life of Jesus Christ, while the actors struggle along through the piece as rivalries form and offstage romances interfere. Complete with chariot race, sea battle, and stage combat, Patrick Barlow weaves his compressed style popularized by The 39 Steps into one of the largest stories ever told.
Circus Maximus: Race to the Death
Author : Annelise Gray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 11,61 MB
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1800240597
Book Description
Circus Maximus, the greatest sporting stage of the ancient Roman world, where the best horses and charioteers compete in a race to the death, and one girl dreams of glory. Ben Hur meets National Velvet in the ultimate 9-12 adventure story by debut children's author, Annelise Gray. Twelve-year-old Dido dreams of becoming the first female charioteer at the great Circus Maximus. She's lost her heart to Porcellus, a wild, tempestuous horse she longs to train and race. But such ambitions are forbidden to girls and she must be content with helping her father Antonius – the trainer of Rome's most popular racing team, The Greens – and teaching the rules of racing to Justus, the handsome young nephew of the Greens' wealthy owner. When her father is brutally murdered, she is forced to seek refuge with an unlikely ally. But what of her dream of Circus triumphs and being reunited with the beloved horse she left behind in Rome? And the threat to her life isn't over as she faces a powerful and terrifying new enemy... the emperor Caligula. 'I loved this adventure – full of brilliant horses, and a determined heroine following her dreams against all the odds. Looking forward to discovering what's in store for them next' Pippa Funnell, MBE
Roman Circuses
Author : John H. Humphrey
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 12,41 MB
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520049215
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life
Author : Gordon Lindsay Campbell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 657 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0191035157
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Animals in Classical Thought and Life is the first comprehensive guide to animals in the ancient world, encompassing all aspects of the topic by featuring authoritative chapters on 33 topics by leading scholars in their fields. As well as an introduction to, and a survey of, each topic, it provides guidance on further reading for those who wish to study a particular area in greater depth. Both the realities and the more theoretical aspects of the treatment of animals in ancient times are covered in chapters which explore the domestication of animals, animal husbandry, animals as pets, Aesop's Fables, and animals in classical art and comedy, all of which closely examine the nature of human-animal interaction. More abstract and philosophical topics are also addressed, including animal communication, early ideas on the origin of species, and philosophical vegetarianism and the notion of animal rights.
Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World
Author : Donald G. Kyle
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 36,37 MB
Release : 2006-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 063122971X
Book Description
This is a readable, up-to-date, illustrated introduction to the history of sport and spectacle in the ancient world from the Ancient Near East through Greek and Hellenistic times and into the Roman Empire. Covers athletics, combat sports, chariot racing, beast fights and gladiators. Traces the precursors of Greek and Roman sports and spectacles in the Ancient Near East and the Bronze Age Aegean. Investigates the origins, nature and meaning of sport, covering issues of violence, professionalism, class, gender and eroticism. Challenges the notion that Greek sport and Roman spectacle were polar opposites. Approaches sport and spectacle as overlapping and compatible features of civilized states and empires.
