Alexander's Lovers (Second Edition)Lulu.com, 1. ožu 2012. - Broj stranica: 260 Alexander's Lovers reveals the personality of Alexander the Great through the mirror of the lives of those with whom he pursued romantic relationships, including his friend Hephaistion, his queen Roxane, his mistress Barsine & Bagoas the Eunuch. Did you know that Alexander got the idea of adopting Persian dress from a book he read in his youth? Had you realised that Alexander's pursuit of divine honours was part of his emulation of Achilles, that Bagoas undertook a diplomatic mission or that Hephaistion's diplomacy kept Athens from joining a Spartan rebellion? Are you aware that Aetion's painting of Alexander's marriage depicted Hephaistion & Bagoas as well as Roxane and really depicted the King's passions? Which girl was betrothed to Alexander's son? Would it surprise you that Alexander's mourning for Hephaistion was conducted according to models from Homer and Euripides? If you would like to get to know Alexander on a more personal level, then you need to read this book. Second edition, revised & updated. |
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Alexanders Lovers | 1 |
A Philosopher in Arms | 53 |
Hephaistion The Chiliarch | 67 |
Barsine Daughter ofArtabazus | 138 |
Bagoas the Eunuch | 152 |
Thalestris Queen of the Amazons Cleophis Queen ofMassaga | 165 |
Roxane The Starlet | 174 |
Stateira Parysatis The Persian Princesses | 196 |
Epilogue | 211 |
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Achilles Aelian Alexander and Hephaistion Alexander Romance Alexander’s death Amazons Anabasis ancient sources Antigonus Antipater appointed Aristobulus Aristotle army Arrian Artabazus Asia Athenaeus Athenian Babylon Bactria Bagoas Barsine battle Bodyguards Callisthenes campaigns captured Cassander Chiliarch Cleitarchus Cleitus Cleophis command Companion Cavalry context Craterus Curtius Cyrus Darius daughter Diodorus Diogenes Laertius Ecbatana Egypt Empire Epirus Eumenes eunuch evidence fact father Figure fleet Friends funeral Furthermore Gaugamela Greek Heckel Hephaistion Heracles hero historians Homer honour Iliad India Indus Justin king king’s Leonnatus Loeb lover Lucian Macedon Macedonian marriage mentions mercenaries Metz Epitome Moralia mother mourning Nearchus obeisance Olympias Onesicritus Orsines Oxyartes Parmenion Patroclus Pausanias Perdiccas Persian Philip philosopher Philotas Plutarch Polyaenus Polyperchon Porus primary sources probably proskynesis Ptolemy queen relationship river Roxane royal Satrap Scythian seems senior sexual Stateira story Strabo surrender Susa Thalestris Theban throne tomb troops whilst wife women youth Zeus