Some time ago I posted this entry to my other journal (on the site which shall not be named). Because I am actually into researching homosexuality in ancient Greek and because I mentioned this film in another entry at slashy_hotness, I'll re-post it. Have fun with Barry Purves' "Achilles"!



( If you are a fan of slash, this is the perfect link for you )

Crossposted to slashy_hotness

Sometimes it's strange: You live your daily life and have special interests, say slash. Then there comes along one film, which you haven't seen in cinema, because you watched the trailer and it was urgh. One day however your interest guides you back to this film and whoops, you are anxious to collect more and more knowledge on the films content.

That's what happened to me, when I watched "Alexander". I don't want to be monotonous, I know that I already posted about the film and all. Also, it's really not the film that's highly interesting, but the time it plays in. What do we now about that epoch? How come an ancient society accepted the relationship between two men or two women? Why don't I know anything about this stuff from my history lessons?

So many questions and no answers. But I am not a slash fan and student for nothing. So I went to my university's library and did some research to satisfy my curiosity. I found a nice book, which has some answers in it: "Bisexuality in the Ancient World" by Eva Cantarella.

( Homosexuality in Ancient Greece )