Alexanr the Great or Alexanr the Gay? - Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology - Universy of Liverpool

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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…

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ALEXANR THE GREAT: GAY OR STRAIGHT?

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. * alexander great gay *

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.

19 - ALEXANR THE GAY AND THE GLORYHOLE THAT WAS GREECE

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. The darker, anti-gay, readg of Alexanr is also explored the ntext of right-wg natnalism and the ary.

ALEXANR THE GREAT OR ALEXANR THE GAY?

(1999) Somethg for the Boys: Mil Theater and Gay Culture.

(1995) Cassell’s Queer Compann: A Dictnary of Lbian and Gay Life and Culture. Alexanr the Great or Alexanr the Gay?

ALEXANR THE GREAT’S GAY LOVERS

For LGBT history month, gut blogger Prof Lloyd Llewellyn-Jon (Chair of Ancient History, Cardiff Universy) asks: 'Alexanr the Great or Alexanr the Gay? I thk he probably was gay.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* ALEXANDER GREAT GAY

Alexanr the Great or Alexanr the Gay? - Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology - Universy of Liverpool .

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