Daniel Mendelsohn, the classicist and translator of the Iliad, finally wrote about his correspondence with Mary Renault from the 1970s until her death, in a moving piece in the New Yorker I have only now come across. It is wonderful.

"...Like all writers, Renault spent much of her time alone; a good many of her friends, as I also learned later, ( Read more... )

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Title: He Will Forget, and Only I Will Remember (title taken from Canon - spoken by Chryse)
Fandom: The King Must Die by Mary Renault
Pairings: Hippon/Theseus
Rating: Moderately hot.
Disclaimer: All Rights Reserved. No copyright infringement is intended and no money is being made.

Author's NotesPart 1 here ( Read more... )

Title: He Will Forget, and Only I Will Remember
Fandom: The King Must Die by Mary Renault
Pairings: Hippon/Alektryon; Hippon/The Vine King(Dionysos); Hippon/Theseus (in Part 2)
Rating: Moderately hot.
Author's Notes:
This story covers the final chapters of The King Must Die, and possibly some of The Bull from the Sea, from Hippon's pov ( Read more... )

Some of you may be aware of the Amazonfail storm ( Read more... )

yoshikihide, who lives in a country which bars access to LJ, has sent us another gorgeous piece of art by her friend Doves. It illustrates, she says, an AU story featuring Alexander, Bagoas and Cassander.

Here is a preview:


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Posted for yoshikihide, who has problems with her account.

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The last person's post reminded me of a fic I had lying around! It's Alexander and Hephaestion; fairly short and about PG.

( Things He Couldn't See )

A few years ago for Yuletide I did a Persian Boy fic in which Bagoas meets Thettalos in Alexandria some time after the end of The Funeral Games. I've done a sequel to it, in which Bagoas is in Memphis, shortly after Alexander's body is brought there.

Link goes to my journal -- please pardon the cross posting!

Sacred Fire

Out Of Battle is a Renaultverse Charioteer/Persian Boy crossover by ajhalluk. Go read!