Angry Greeks Deny Alexander the Great Was Bisexual
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A group of Greek lawyers are threatening  to sue Warner Bros. film studios and Oliver Stone, director of  the widely anticipated film "Alexander," for suggesting  Alexander the Great was bisexual.
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In the international party atmosphere of the Olympic Games, the Greek gay scene is finally coming out of the closet. After decades in the shadows of a macho society, the
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In 360 B.C. the Greek philosopher Plato described an island he called Atlantis. Now contradicting new evidence claims the fabled city-state was based on a real place.
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Alexander, Oliver Stoneâs biopic of Alexander the Great, violates that rule spectacularly, not only because it nauseates us with repeated assertions of the king and warriorâs greatness, but
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"They are trying to take away our society's Christian and Orthodox identity, using various groundless arguments, because they hate God and want to marginalize the church"  Greece's Orthodox Church leader, Archbishop Christodoulos, who eased centuries of tension with the Vatican but angered liberal critics who viewed him as an attention-seeking reactionary, died Monday at his home of cancer, church officials said. He was 69.Christodoulos, who headed the church for a decade, was first hospitalized in Athens in June before being diagnosed with cancer of the liver and large intestine.He spent 10 weeks in a hospital in Miami but an October liver transplant operation was canceled when doctors discovered the cancer had spread. He refused hospital treatment in the final weeks of his life. He died at his home in the Athens suburb of Psyhico. Read more
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ALEXANDER the Greatâs Macedonian army conquered an area stretching from Greece to India in the 4th century BC, but he is poised to conquer the world a second time thanks to a $155 million film version of his life by Oliver Stone.
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ATHENS, Greece - The joyous Greek revelers who turned Olympic Stadium into a flag-waving sea of sky blue and pure white did not want to hear it.
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For more than two thousand years the search for the real Alexander the Great has continued, with each generation seizing on some facet of his complex, contradictory character.
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A group of Greek lawyers will have a  sneak preview of Oliver Stone's movie about Alexander the Great  Thursday to decide whether to take legal action over scenes  suggesting Greece's ancient ruler was bisexual.
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Oliver Stone&#39;s gay sand-and-sandal epic &quot;Alexander&quot; got a thorough critical roasting for its Thanksgiving opening - and Times Square moviegoers yesterday seemed equally allergic to the toga turkey.
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GREECE&#39;S first Athens medallist Leonidas Sampanis today denied taking banned substances despite testing positive for the male hormone testosterone.
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"Alexander," Oliver Stone's ode to a Grecian warrior, rides into battle Wednesday, when the R-rated epic about the young conqueror will face a phalanx of films with broad family appeal, including the Thanksgiving holiday weekend's other newcomer, the Tim Allen comedy "Christmas With the Kranks."
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  - Firefighters battled to protect Ancient Olympia in Greece on Sunday as forest fires that have killed 51 people raged unabated for a third day.
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Alexander the Great, who carved out a vast empire east of Greece before his death at age 32, is idolized in this nation as a symbol of its ancient glory. So when Oliver Stone's new epic about the conqueror's life depicted him as a bisexual who has a fling with his childhood friend Hephaestion, the portrayal hit a raw nerve in a nation where homophobic attitudes remain widespread.
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Greek lawyers are threatening to sue the Hollywood makers of the new film Alexander the Great for depicting the king as bisexual. Oliver Stone&#39;s casting of Colin Farrell as
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WASHINGTON, Nov 5  - The United States on Friday defended its decision to formally recognize the &quot;Republic of Macedonia&quot; as the name for the former Yugoslav republic and did little to ease Greek fury at the move as it warned US citizens in Greece of
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Comment is free: Martin Kettle: Like many mainly male things, this agonising disease is rarely spoken of, and so falls victim to mythology and mockery