For LGBT history month gut blogger Prof Lloyd Llewellyn-Jon (Chair of Ancient History, Cardiff Universy) asks: 'Alexanr the Great or Alexanr the Gay?' before his talk this week.
Contents:
- ALEXANR THE GREAT’S GAY LOVERS
- 19 - ALEXANR THE GAY AND THE GLORYHOLE THAT WAS GREECE
- ALEXANR THE GREAT: GAY OR STRAIGHT?
- WAS ALEXANR THE GREAT GAY? THE ACTUAL ANSWER
- ALEXANR THE GREAT OR ALEXANR THE GAY?
- ZACK SNYR'S 300 SEQUEL WAS A GAY LOVE STORY FEATURG ALEXANR THE GREAT, BUT WB WANTED NO PART OF IT
- A THIRD 300 MOVIE WAS PASSED ON AFTER IT BEME A GAY LOVE STORY
- WAS ALEXANR THE GREAT GAY? THE ACTUAL ANSWER
ALEXANR THE GREAT’S GAY LOVERS
THE GAY LOVERS OF ALEXANDER III OF MACEDON,known as ‘THE GREAT’Alexanr the Great Note on Alexanr, the movie by Oliver Stone When Oliver Stone was thkg of dog a movie on the life of the legendary son of kg Phillip II of Macedon and queen Olympias, one unexpected obstacle stood his way: the Greek… * alexander the great gay lover *
THE GAY LOVERS OF ALEXANDER III OF MACEDON, known as ‘THE GREAT’. A group of homophobic Greek lawyers even threatened to sue Warner Bros.
The lawyers, tramplg their own tellectual herage unrfoot, sent a letter to the stud mandg they state the tle creds that the movie was a fictnal surroundg the “gayns” of Alexanr has a precent. A uple of years prevly, a mob of hundreds of Macedonian Greeks stormed an archeologil symposium after a speaker prented a paper on the homosexualy of Alexanr. Stone’s movie uld have been done much better; he uld have portrayed Alexanr as we know him historilly, gay lovers and all, but Col Farrell was not the bt choice to play Alexanr.
When the DVD was released, Stone attempted to salvage the movie by rearrangg the scen and takg out much of the homosexual ntent.
19 - ALEXANR THE GAY AND THE GLORYHOLE THAT WAS GREECE
Explore the trigug qutn of whether Alexanr the Great was gay and disver the evince for both sis regardg Alexanr the Great's homosexualy. * alexander the great gay lover *
This relatnship rembled morn gay love and beme legendary for ’s passn. What may seem normal to some of today, the gay love of one man for another, ancient days was owned upon as a threat to masculy and the stcture of society.
Alexanr saw their love as emulatg that heroic love between Achill and Patrocl, another ancient uple that morn gay upl n look to as an example of votn. Edorial Board, World History of Male Love, “Famo Homosexuals”, The Gay Lovers of Alexanr the Great, 2000 <> Jt for the rerd, to any of my Greek rears, always remember this, the greatt man Greek History was a homosexual (ο μεγαλύτερος άνθρωπος στην ελληνική ιστορία ήταν ομοφυλόφιλος), not a perast like many ancient Greeks, but a homosexual who had a male lover of equal age, which ma a huge difference the Ancient Greek World.
ALEXANR THE GREAT: GAY OR STRAIGHT?
* alexander the great gay lover *
It happens to be one of my favore morn gay art piec. Summary Wh ntemporary Wtern gay muni, Alexanr the Great is often champned as a hero and an spiratnal figure – the ultimate high-stat homosexual. This chapter explor the var ways which he has been visualised wh the gay muny and s wir – more closeted – muny.
WAS ALEXANR THE GREAT GAY? THE ACTUAL ANSWER
Explore the trigug qutn of whether Alexanr the Great was gay and disver the evince for both sis regardg Alexanr the Great's homosexualy. * alexander the great gay lover *
The darker, anti-gay, readg of Alexanr is also explored the ntext of right-wg natnalism and the ary. (1999) Somethg for the Boys: Mil Theater and Gay Culture. (1995) Cassell’s Queer Compann: A Dictnary of Lbian and Gay Life and Culture.
Homosexual relatns were ordary amongst the upper class, pecially the form of perasty. Nohels, homosexual men of the same class experienced social stigma as the passive role was more effemate. As the two did not engage sex ancient thors praised Alexanr’s self-ntrol whereas morn advot, like Jam Davidson, e as nformatn of homosexualy.
Hephatn secured high-rankg posns the army and, Troy, the two ma sacrific at the shr of Achill and Patrocl: two other likely lovers that suffered history’s homosexual erasure. Advot for Alexanr’s homosexualy argue that he yearned for children wh his lover, Hephatn, and utilised the Persian prcs as surrogat given that the men’s offsprg would be s. It is unclear whether the Sa weddgs are a polil ceremony or a secret gay lovers’ unn.
ALEXANR THE GREAT OR ALEXANR THE GAY?
The ia of an LGBT or gay in was created the 20th century and is a person revered by the LGBT muny for beg a champn of LGBT rights and/or beg a notor LGBT person themselv. Employg a broad fn, Alexanr uld be nsired an LGBT in for beg a remarkable person that likely engaged homosexual relatnships.
Yet, if all necsary morn creria are applied, this may not be the se; Alexanr did not further acceptance of homosexual relatns between social class. Sce the sexual revolutn over half a century ago, Alexanr’s sexual inty has been reclaimed by liberal Wtern muni as a gay hero.
ZACK SNYR'S 300 SEQUEL WAS A GAY LOVE STORY FEATURG ALEXANR THE GREAT, BUT WB WANTED NO PART OF IT
The Importance of Evince the Heated Debate on Homosexualy Ancient Egypt. Roman Law and the Banng of ‘Passive’ Homosexualy. At the same time, Ancient Greek ary forc (for example, the Spartans), believed that homosexual sex ma bonds between the soldiers stronger.
A THIRD 300 MOVIE WAS PASSED ON AFTER IT BEME A GAY LOVE STORY
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.
WAS ALEXANR THE GREAT GAY? THE ACTUAL ANSWER
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. Dedg homosexual behavr sects.