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Well, I thought this was pretty well established from the historical record?!?

Then again, it is in an Oliver Stone film, so I suppose that is a fairly strong argument against...

5 posted on 11/20/2004 8:12:20 PM PST by swilhelm73 (Dowd wrote that Kerry was defeated by a "jihad" of Christians...Finally – a jihad liberals oppose!)

Well, I thought this was pretty well established from the historical record?!?

Actually the Greeks claim there is no historical records that refer to this. I was a physics major, with a minor in philosophy and studied a lot of Greek history, and have to admit I did not come across an references to it. I might also add, why is Stone even mentioning it. Of all the things Alexander accomplished in his short life, his sexual choices are non-sequitor. Stone is just stirring the pot to be controversial. Fortunately he's been outed, and his career is coming to an end in the next few years.

Well, I thought this was pretty well established from the historical record?!?

The ancient biographers such as Plutarch were certainly not ambiguous about it.