Films based on plays by Aeschylus
Films based on Sophocles
Films based on Euripides
Films based on Aristophanes
See also
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Fiction set in ancient Rome
Historical novels arranged by the period of their setting Rome as a Kingdom
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Fiction set in ancient Greece
There is a body of ancient and modern fiction set in ancient Greece and ancient Greek culture, including Magna Graecia and Hellenistic kingdoms. Titles include:
Books
Bronze Age and mythistoricals
Atlantis
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List of films based on classical mythology
This is a list of films based on classical mythology (Greek and Roman mythology).
Amazons
Atlantis
Centaurs
Hercules / Heracles
Italian film series
The Sword-and-sandal series (1957-1965) includes numerous films depicting Hercules tha ...
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List of films based on Germanic mythology
This is a list of films based on Germanic mythology.
''Beowulf''
''Gesta Danorum''
Household and nature spirits
Kraken
Mother Hulda
''Nibelungenlied''
Norse pantheon
Marvel's ''Thor''
Ragnar Lodbrok ...
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List of films based on Slavic mythology
This is a list of films based on Slavic mythology.
See also
* List of films based on Germanic mythology
* List of films based on Greco-Roman mythology
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Slavic mythology
Slavic mythology or S ...
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List of films set in ancient Greece
This article lists films set in ancient Greek culture, including Magna Graecia and Hellenistic kingdoms.
Bronze Age and mythistoricals
Classical Greece
Hellenistic period
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List of films set in ancient Rome
This article lists films set in the city of Rome during the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic, or the Roman Empire. The films only partly set in Rome are so noted.
The founding of Rome
Films set during the founding of Rome include:
The Roman K ...
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List of films set in ancient Egypt
This article lists films set in ancient Egypt. This also includes mythological films and films only partially set in ancient egypt.
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990 ...
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Greek drama
Ancient Greek theatre was a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece from 700 BC. The city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political, and religious place during this period, was its centre, where the theatre was ...
Ancient Greek theatre
Lists of works based on plays
Greek drama
Ancient Greek theatre was a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece from 700 BC. The city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political, and religious place during this period, was its centre, where the theatre was ...
Ancient Greece in art and culture
Films based on ancient Greek plays
Films
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...