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…
Contents:
- ALEXANR THE GREAT: GAY OR STRAIGHT?
- WAS ALEXANR THE GREAT GAY? THE ACTUAL ANSWER
- ALEXANR THE GREAT OR ALEXANR THE GAY?
- ALEXANR THE GREAT’S GAY LOVERS
- 19 - ALEXANR THE GAY AND THE GLORYHOLE THAT WAS GREECE
ALEXANR THE GREAT: GAY OR STRAIGHT?
Explore the trigug qutn of whether Alexanr the Great was gay and disver the evince for both sis regardg Alexanr the Great's homosexualy. * was alexander the 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.
WAS ALEXANR THE GREAT GAY? THE ACTUAL ANSWER
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. * was alexander the great gay *
For ancient Greeks there was no ntradictn between youthful homoeroticism and predomantly or wholly heterosexual adult proclivy and activy.
ALEXANR THE GREAT OR ALEXANR THE GAY?
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.
ALEXANR THE GREAT’S GAY LOVERS
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.
19 - ALEXANR THE GAY AND THE GLORYHOLE THAT WAS GREECE
Even if they were lovers, the beliefs and perceptns about homosexual relatnships was fely different than the way is nsired today.