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susanmcgee48176
Schlobin at aol.com
Tue Nov 13 05:05:59 UTC 2007
>
> Susan, have you read Mary Renault's novels? I wonder what you make
> of them? I found the depiction of the love between two men in them
> to be very touching, be it trilogy about Alexander or some other
> stories about Greece, but I wonder what you make of it from the
> position of the historical accuracy?
>
> As I said, I studied Greek history for almost two years, but it was
> all an undegraduate course and I would imagine your expertise is
> more in depth.
>
> Alla
>
Hey, Alla....
I have read ALL of Mary Renault's novels (anyone else?) and loved
them all....
She took some liberties with history..but a lot of her coverage of
Alexander was close to the mark...Although he did take two wives,
there is a lot of evidence that he loved men......
Susan
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