This page lists all of the articles that have been published on this website in reverse chronological order, so with the newest material listed first.

Disney’s Hercules (1997)
Disney does Hercules, resulting in an entertaining movie that’s fun for all the family – although purists may scoff at the liberties taken with the source material.

Hercules: The Knives of Kush (2011)
The sequel to Steve Moore’s first graphic novel treatment of the hero Hercules is essentially more of the same.

Steve Reeves' turn as Hercules
Some of the best so-called Peplum movies are two Italian-produced films about Hercules starring Steve Reeves.

The shield of Heracles
The earliest known text about one of Heracles’ adventures is the so-called Shield of Heracles, attributed to Hesiod.

Hercules 3D (2014)
Based on the comic book by Steve Moore, this energetic Hercules movie also borrows from classic Peplum films.

Hercules: The Thracian Wars (2008)
A review of the inspiration for the Dwayne Johnson vehicles Hercules 3D: a graphic novel by Steve Moore.

Hercules Reborn (2014)
Just when you thought movies about Heracles couldn’t get much worse than The Legend of Hercules, along comes Hercules Reborn.

The Legend of Hercules (2014)
A joyless, soulless exercise in tedium with mediocre performances by way of an added “bonus”. Avoid at all costs.

Phalanx and fallacies
Ways forward in the study of ancient Greek warfare
Opinion is sharply divided among scholars regarding the development of the hoplite phalanx in ancient Greece. Here I try to identify some of the problems and offer solutions that may help to move the study of ancient Greek warfare forward.

Ares, the god of war
Ancient, wild, beastly, hated
The Greek Ares, known to the Romans as Mars, wasn’t so much the god of war as he was the personification of slaughter and strife. Josho Brouwers takes a closer look at this ancient god of bloodlust.