What was special about Alexander the Great's sexuality?

sunrayz99

That no person will ever know except for him and his loves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_the_Great's_personal_relationships Apr 09 08, 10:39 PM

BRY2K

I don't know if one would call this "special" but there is a theory that Alexander was homosexual. History has portrayed Alexander the Great as a normal heterosexual. After all, he had a wife with whom he conceived a child, and it is likely that he slept with women. It is generally accepted that he had a preference for men. Unfortunately, he did not have many lovers, and those he did have never spoke about it. Homosexuality (rather bisexuality) was common place in ancient Greece, but it was regarded as a highest form of human communication, as a sacred bond between men, that lifted them to divine sharing, to refinement of spirit. Philosophers rather than philanderers were born from such relations. http://wso.williams.edu/~junterek/sex.htm http://www.ahistoryofgreece.com/alexanderthegreat.htm Apr 10 08, 4:55 AM

author

This article discusses the nature of Alexander's relation to his closest friend from childhood - and later general in his army - Hephaeston. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hephaestion Apr 10 08, 4:17 PM