Short fiction · Contemporary historical reception · Perama · Salamis remembered in a modern landscape

On Xerxes’ Throne

Released · 2022

Later Reception & Cultural Continuity · Classical Greece

A contemporary dystopian story in Perama takes its title and historical resonance from the landscape associated with Xerxes watching the battle of Salamis.

On Xerxes’ Throne poster with yellow title and people overlooking the Perama shipyard — On Xerxes’ Throne — poster. Onassis Culture / Neda Film; supplied by Square Eyes · Image source

The production story

A contemporary dystopian story in Perama takes its title and historical resonance from the landscape associated with Xerxes watching the battle of Salamis. The 2022 Critics’ Week selection explains this local historical reference. Its present-day setting must not be presented as a screen reconstruction of the Persian Wars.

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Known filming locations

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Developments

2022 Critics’ Week
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Related Archaeopolis expertise

Historical material culture and contemporary interpretation relevant to the ancient-world strand of this work.

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Related object

Marine Helmet

For the title’s Greco-Persian historical reference: a contemporary helmet interpretation with an Athenian vase comparison dated around 480 BCE.

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