Ancient Warfare Blog

Emma Stafford’s Herakles (review)

This entry was posted on September 22, 2014 by Josho Brouwers.

Last month, my second book was published, a handbook on Greek mythology in Dutch, with the catchy title Goden, helden en monsters: de mythologie van... Read more

Disney's Hercules (1997)

This entry was posted on September 18, 2014 by Josho Brouwers.

The Walt Disney Corporation is the largest entertainment company in the world and has been for decades. After a string of failures in the seventies... Read more

Hercules: The Knives of Kush (review)

This entry was posted on September 17, 2014 by Josho Brouwers.

For the past few weeks, I have been busy building the new Karwansaray website. Now that everything is again up and running, it is time... Read more

The Seleucid Empire

This entry was posted on August 28, 2014 by Josho Brouwers.

The next issue of Ancient Warfare, VIII.4, is at the printer’s and should arrive back at the office at the end of next week or... Read more

Hercules (1958) and Hercules Unchained (1959)

This entry was posted on August 22, 2014 by Josho Brouwers.

Inspired by big-budget Hollywood movies about the ancient world, Italian film makers started producing their own movies based on ancient history and mythology in the... Read more

The shield of Heracles

This entry was posted on August 15, 2014 by Josho Brouwers.

There is no stopping the Summer of Hercules! Today, though, I want to focus on something other than movies or comic books. Let’s leave the... Read more

Hercules 3D (review)

This entry was posted on August 13, 2014 by Josho Brouwers.

Tonight, I went to see the new Hercules, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, in the cinema. The movie, directed by Brett Ratner, is ostensibly based on... Read more

Hercules: The Thracian Wars (review)

This entry was posted on August 10, 2014 by Josho Brouwers.

The summer of Hercules continues! The latest Hercules movie, starring Dwayne Johnson, is on my list to see in a few days. The advertisements emphasize the fact... Read more

Hercules Reborn (review)

This entry was posted on August 4, 2014 by Josho Brouwers.

Just when you thought movies about Heracles couldn’t get much worse than The Legend of Hercules, along comes Hercules Reborn. This movie was made and released by... Read more

The Legend of Hercules (review)

This entry was posted on July 31, 2014 by Josho Brouwers.

Ever since the release of Gladiator, back in 2000, we are fortunate to get a steady stream of movies from Hollywood that are set in the... Read more