Some greek lawyers are getting very upset about Stone's depiction of Alexander: http://www.guardian.co.uk/internatio...356586,00.html
The truth according to a classical expert who joined the debate on BBC radio the other morning is that "homosexuality" as a category did not exist for ancient Greeks, and it was commonplace for men to have sexual relations with people of both sexes without feeling it gave them any sort of special identity. These relationships apparently wouldn't have resembled in any way the type of equal partnerships we value today.
So if this is correct, then Stone is far more influenced by psychological theories than by anything which actually took place in antiquity, and the Greeks are being driven by Judaeo-Christian morality rather than by pride in their classical heritage.
By the way - this all reminds me of a very old joke:
Well, maybe not so funny....
The truth according to a classical expert who joined the debate on BBC radio the other morning is that "homosexuality" as a category did not exist for ancient Greeks, and it was commonplace for men to have sexual relations with people of both sexes without feeling it gave them any sort of special identity. These relationships apparently wouldn't have resembled in any way the type of equal partnerships we value today.
So if this is correct, then Stone is far more influenced by psychological theories than by anything which actually took place in antiquity, and the Greeks are being driven by Judaeo-Christian morality rather than by pride in their classical heritage.
By the way - this all reminds me of a very old joke:
"I say, I say, I say;
My mother's made me a complete homosexual!"
"If I gave her the wool, would she make me one too?" :lol:
My mother's made me a complete homosexual!"
"If I gave her the wool, would she make me one too?" :lol:

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