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Every year, publishers set up a table at the conference with books about the subject area available for purchase. This year, A<\/em> Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen <\/em>(Blackwell 2017) was available. Dr. Safran has written a chapter for that book, entitled, “Greek Tragedy as Theater in Screen Media,” which examines how films adapt ancient Greek tragedies, such as Julie Taymor’s 1992 film version of Sophocles’ fifth-century BCE Oedipus the King<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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So long for now, Wisconsin! See you next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>The theme for this year’s conference was “home.” Dr. Safran examined this theme in Virgil’s epic poem the Aeneid<\/em> and in the science-fiction television series Battlestar Galactica<\/em>. She argued that both Aeneas’ Trojans and Battlestar Galactica<\/em>‘s Colonials must deal with the destruction of their homes in ways that reveal continuities between the two narratives. We’re looking forward to hearing more about Dr. Safran’s ideas when her book about the Aeneid<\/em> and Battlestar Galactica<\/em> is published soon!