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Cowboy Classics looks at the surprisingly close connection between Western film and Greek and Roman epic, each of which focuses on a mythic-historical period from the past where our societal notions of what constitutes heroism, masculinity, and honor were first forged.

Western films --- Epic poetry, Greek --- Heroes. --- Cowboys. --- Bronco busters --- Broncobusters --- Buckaroos --- Buckeroos --- Stockmen (Animal industry) --- Vaqueiros --- Vaqueros --- Cattle herders --- Horsemen and horsewomen --- Gauchos --- Heroism --- Persons --- Antiheroes --- Apotheosis --- Courage --- History and criticism. --- Cowboys in popular culture --- Popular culture