Cultural travel episode · Literary reception · Greek landscapes · Memoirs of Hadrian · Greco-Roman reception

Destinations — Greece, Back to Marguerite Yourcenar’s Roots

Released · 2022 · Production year

Later Reception & Cultural Continuity

Greek landscapes and ancient legends are read through Marguerite Yourcenar’s Memoirs of Hadrian.

View towards the Acropolis from the Pnyx in Athens — The Pnyx and Acropolis, Athens. Contextual photograph; not a production still. George E. Koronaios · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped and resized.

The production story

Greek landscapes and ancient legends are read through Marguerite Yourcenar’s Memoirs of Hadrian. The subject combines later literature with a Roman-era view of Greece. It is classified as reception of antiquity, not a film set solely in Classical Greece. ARTE lists the 13-minute programme as a 2022 production.

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Developments

2022
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