Athens in an Uproar as Anna Wintour and ‘Alexander’ (as in, the Great) Upend Some Cherished Greek Myths
A trifecta of cultural collisions in or about Greece this month includes a faux pas from the New York fashion guru and a typical shot of European disdain for Hollywood.
ATHENS — The only thing Alexander the Great loved more than conquest and his horse Bucephalus, the historical record shows, was his general Hephaestion — but did that make him gay? The Parthenon sculptures on display in the British Museum are stunning — but does that make them a suitable backdrop for a crowded fashion show?
Such are the questions rocking Greece in the same month, to the ongoing dismay of the priestly class, that the country legalized gay marriage. None of these are particularly terrible problems to have, but they underscore how not everybody celebrates when a country built on millennia of traditions is dragged through the crucible of modernity.
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