EPISODE · Aug 24, 2026 · 4 MIN
Mary Renault, Iran, and the Alexander Trilogy
from Perspectives: Iran Past and Present · host Dr. Shivan Mahendrarajah
Mary Renault is lauded as a groundbreaking LGBT authoress, but this detracts from her brilliance as a historian of ancient Greece and Iran. She masterfully weaves history, geography, and Greek literature with fiction to depict the life of Alexander the Great. Her “Persian Boy” was my introduction to Iran.
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