Explore the trigug qutn of whether Alexanr the Great was gay and disver the evince for both sis regardg Alexanr the Great's homosexualy.
Contents:
- ALEXANR THE GREAT: GAY OR STRAIGHT?
- WAS ALEXANR THE GREAT GAY? THE ACTUAL ANSWER
- A THIRD 300 MOVIE WAS PASSED ON AFTER IT BEME A GAY LOVE STORY
ALEXANR THE GREAT: GAY OR STRAIGHT?
The Importance of Evince the Heated Debate on Homosexualy Ancient Egypt. Roman Law and the Banng of ‘Passive’ Homosexualy.
WAS ALEXANR THE GREAT GAY? THE ACTUAL ANSWER
At the same time, Ancient Greek ary forc (for example, the Spartans), believed that homosexual sex ma bonds between the soldiers stronger. Like huntg, homosexualy was thought to foster mascule, pecially martial, bravery.
Homosexualy was a norm the ancient tim, but the se of Alexanr the Great and Hephatn, is hard to ratnally nclu what the te relatnship was between them. Even if they were lovers, the beliefs and perceptns about homosexual relatnships was fely different than the way is nsired today.
It seems to me that there are three pecially tertg aspects of this whole Alexanr-Hephatn first has to do wh the cultural norms surroundg homosexualy ancient Greece, specifilly the royal urt of send aspect, which is related to the first, is the fact that Alexanr's ntemporary bgraphers never explicly referred to the pair as lovers. Below, I'll explore all three of the areas and nclu wh a theory of my #1: Ancient Macedon and homosexualyThis paper by Pennsylvania State Universy profsor Jeanne Ream, tled "An atypil affair? Sir Kenh Dover's reful analysis of this kd of same-sex affair morn tim led to the popularizatn of the "Dover mol" for unrstandg ancient Greek homosexualy.
A THIRD 300 MOVIE WAS PASSED ON AFTER IT BEME A GAY LOVE STORY
Given the ntext, Ream ultimately nclus that the relatnship between Alexanr and Hephatn was not "atypil":"Th, given the evince for same-age homoerotic affairs Macedonian and the weight of circumstantial ttimony - even if vlat Dover's mol - I do thk que possible that Alexanr and Hephatn were physilly timate at some pot.
Even though morn scholars have veloped theori to expla certa kds of same-sex relatnships certa regns, much about how the Greeks, pecially the Macedonians, viewed homosexualy remas know male same-sex relatns occurred many circumstanc, as Philip II (Alexanr's father) and other earlier Argead kgs got ught up drama wh their younger male lovers. Yet, to give Stone his due, he was prepared to take on the ch the welter of homophobic cricism he received for pictg his hero close homoerotic enunter wh the Persian nuch. For ancient Greeks there was no ntradictn between youthful homoeroticism and predomantly or wholly heterosexual adult proclivy and activy.
Alexanr the Great’s Relatnships wh MenAlexanr’s relatnship wh HephatnAlexanr’s relatnship wh BagoasAlexanr the Great’s Marriag and ChildrenAlexanr’s Sexual Orientatn Explaed by the Cultural Aspect of GreeksWas Alexanr the Great Gay or Straight?