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Well said Derek. To which more could be added, in the general or wider sense. Maybe Paralus wont give me the ancient sources that prove that Alexander enjoyed a man's body sexually, is there anyone else to help me? Alexanthros that only proves you fail to understand what is written. There was not e...

Alexanthros, And Aristotle's philosophy is a prime example of why we can't apply modern standards to people who lived thousands of years ago . Aristotle was the cleverest man of his time, yet he thought enslaving the barbarian was right and prope r, and that women had the minds and abilities of chi...

Maybe Paralus wont give me the ancient sources that prove that Alexander enjoyed a man's body sexually, is there anyone else to help me?

what do you want me to say?

I dont need to be alerted for nothing. If you do not undersand what i am saying then just leave it. I dont have to justify anything. My word was clear. If you want to see ghosts where they are not i dont care. I dont want this to be personal. We are discusing about a book here.

I should rephraze then from 'everyone' to 'everyone who is or is not gay and finds it offending to be named as such without his permission in a book about his life'.

It matters little what relationships Alexander indulged. That it matters so seriously to you says much more about you than it could ever do about Alexander. I agree but i never saw you criticize Renault who used half of her book on that non important subject. And if you had, then we agree 100%! As ...

alexanthros , I think you need - in the modern cliche - to get over it. It might also serve to read the Greek sources a little more closely. If posting links to indignant, agenda-pushing youtube members' creations is the substance of your argument you have none. Then again, don't worry about the Gr...

Yet again discussion of the sexuality of Alexander devolves down to anachronistic and irrelevant terms such as "gay" and "gay pride". These are all modern concepts - as is homosexual - and defined by a non- pagan religious culture. They have no bearing on Alexander. None. That A...

I didnt like Stone's film at all. But like i said back then, if Stone showed us 20% of real Alexander i could stand even a male gay threesome in the end (cause i dont have a prob with women doing so). Stone showed us he dont have a clue about what Alexander was. He has no imagination and he doesnt u...

Greatness is a matter of opinion, by essentially it is usually measured by the amount of real good that a person has accomplished in his life. Did Alexander do good in his journeys? Did he do evil? That is all a matter of opinion, according to the story teller, but to my mind, it is apparent that i...

Everyone who speaks English and Greek knows that it is impossible for every adjectice or word in general to have an accurate counterpart in the other languge. The best i can provide is that the greek adjective ΜΕΓΑΣ (ΜΕΓΑ when not reffering to a masculine or feminine subject) is described better wit...

before i started reading 'fire from heaven' i read about Mary Renault. I read about her sexual orientation and passions too. I wanted to believe that i am not about to read a gay pride novel but unfortunately i was wrong. Many of you said that this novel is probably the best about Alexander's childh...

The greek word used was Megas (ΜΕΓΑΣ). I don't think that 'Great' is an acurate translation of the greek word. Hi Alexanthros, That's interesting. What would be a better translation? Best, Alejandro PS: though the Greek word may be itself an inaccurate translation of the Latin original -as it is br...

The only good thing i found in the book was the battle of Issus and the march to Gaugamela.
You DO NOT write a novel about the whole life of Alexander in just one book. It is impossible!