Epic Complaints

Legend has it that Alexander the Great, who conquered the fabled Babylon and India in the 4th century B.C., was a ferocious warrior. But was he also bisexual?

In Oliver Stone's $150 million Alexander , the Greek hero, played by Colin Farrell, has a gay lover and is seen kissing several men on the lips. The depiction has outraged the Greeks. A team of lawyers who have appointed themselves guardians of Greece's classical heritage has threatened to sue Stone if he doesn't add a disclaimer stating that the movie, which opens around Europe this week, is fictional. "This isn't...