Nero in the arts and popular culture
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus and his reign have been used in music, literature, the arts, and even in business
Anime/Comics/Video Games/Visual Novels/Books
- The Phantom: Nero is said to have been the original owner of The Phantom's "skull ring" [1]
- The Trials of Apollo: The Hidden Oracle - Nero serves as the adoptive father of demigod Meg McCaffrey.
Art
- Salvador Dalí's "Dematerialization Near the Nose of Nero" (1949)
- Henryk Siemiradzki's "A Christian Dirce" (1897)
- "Nero's Torches" depicts Christians being martyred on Nero's orders (1876)
- John William Waterhouse's "The Remorse of Nero After the Murder of His Mother" (1878)
- In 2010 Nero's hometown of Anzio dedicated a statue of the Emperor by Claudio Valenti[2]
Computers/Software
- Nero AG and its products Nero, Nero Digital, Nero Burning ROM (add an -E to ROM), Nero ShowTime and features a pictogram of a burning Rome.[3]
Film
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- Challenge of the Gladiator: a Nero look-alike fools the Thracians into believing he is the real Emperor.
- The Sign of the Cross: 1932 Pre-Code Cecil B. DeMille epic with Charles Laughton as Nero.
- Quo Vadis (1951 film): Peter Ustinov plays Nero
- Star Trek: Eric Bana's character is named Nero; a song on the soundtrack is named "Nero Fiddles, Narada Burns"
- History of the World, Part 1 Dom Deluise portrays a humorous version of Nero.
See also: Nero (Character) imdb.com page
Music
- Karel Kryl's "Bivoj" references Nero (from Karavana mraků)[4]
- U2's "Mercy" references Nero (from How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb) [5]
Opera
- Arrigo Boito's Nerone
- George Frideric Handel's Agrippina
- Pietro Mascagni's Nerone
- Claudio Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea
- Anton Rubinstein's Néron
- Alessandro Scarlatti's Nerone fatto Cesare (1695)
- Egidio Duni's Nerone (1735)
Plays
- Anonymous's The Tragedy of Nero (1624) published by Augustine Matthews [6]
- Víctor Balaguer's La Mort de Nerón (1894)
- Wilson Barrett's The Sign of the Cross
- Robert Bridges's Nero: From the Death of Burrus to the Death of Seneca. Comprising the Conspiracy of Piso (1894)
- Pietro Cossa's Nero: A Play in Five Acts (1881)
- Amy Freed's You, Nero (2009)
- Nathaniel Lee's The Tragedy of Nero, Emperour of Rome (1675)
- Stephen Phillips's Nero (1906)
- Jean Racine's Britannicus (1669)
- William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 1: Henry references Nero (Act I, Scene 4)
- William Wetmore Story's Nero: An Historical Play (1872)
- The 1955 musical Damn Yankees features a song titled "Those Were The Good Old Days", in which the Devil laments the days of Nero 'fiddling through those lovely blaze.'
Television
- Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire (Michael Sheen)
- The 1965 Doctor Who Serial The Romans (Derek Francis)
- Horrible Histories (Jim Howick/Naz Osmanoglu)
- NCIS: "Rekindled", Gibbs calls arsonist Billy Wayne "Nero" during Wayne's interrogation
- Nero (Hans Matheson)
See also: Nero (Character) imdb.com page
References
- ^ The Phantlantis jungle sayings
- ^ Draper, Robert (September 2014). "Rethinking Nero". National Geographic. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- ^ "Ahead Software: Nero Burning ROM" IT Reviews 2000-04-05
- ^ [1]
- ^ U2Wanderer.org lyric of Mercy Retrieved 2009 10 19
- ^ "Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned" by Mary Francis Gyles The Classical Journal, Jan. 1947 21 April 2010
External links
- "Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned" by Mary Francis Gyles The Classical Journal, Jan. 1947 explores the history behind the legend of Nero playing the fiddle as Rome burned