{"id":319,"date":"2004-12-04T23:21:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-04T23:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=319"},"modified":"2004-12-04T23:21:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-04T23:21:00","slug":"319","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=319","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Alexander<\/em> and the Critics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I still have not seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexander-the-great.co.uk\/\">Alexander<\/a>, but Rogue Classicism is tracking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atrium-media.com\/rogueclassicism\/2004\/12\/04.html#a4465\">critical reaction<\/a>, particularly from the Greeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander and the Critics I still have not seen Alexander, but Rogue Classicism is tracking critical reaction, particularly from the Greeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-319","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":199,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=199","url_meta":{"origin":319,"position":0},"title":"After Troy, Alexander The official\u2026","author":"Chas S. 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