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In Alexander the Great: Sources and studies, William Woodthorpe Tarn wrote, "There is then not one scrap of evidence for calling Alexander homosexual." [ 16 ] Ernst Badian rejects Tarn's portrait of Alexander, stating that Alexander was closer to a ruthless dictator and that Tarn's depiction was the subject of personal bias. [ 17 ]
Campaspe (/ k æ m ˈ p æ s p iː /; Greek: Καμπάσπη, Kampaspē), or Pancaste (/ p æ ŋ ˈ k æ s t iː /; Greek: Πανκάστη, Pankastē; also Pakate), [1] was a supposed mistress of Alexander the Great and a prominent citizen of Larissa in Thessaly. No Campaspe appears in the five major sources for the life of Alexander and the ...
Roxana (died c. 310 BC, [1] Ancient Greek: Ῥωξάνη, Rhōxánē; Old Iranian: *Raṷxšnā-"shining, radiant, brilliant", Persian: روشنک, romanized: Rošanak) sometimes known as Roxanne, Roxanna and Roxane was a Sogdian [2] [3] or a Bactrian [4] princess whom Alexander the Great married after defeating Darius, ruler of the Achaemenid Empire, and invading Persia.
The Alexander Romance is an account of the life and exploits of Alexander the Great. Of uncertain authorship, it has been described as "antiquity's most successful novel". [1] The Romance describes Alexander the Great from his birth, to his succession of the throne of Macedon, his conquests including that of the Persian Empire, and
An 18th-century Rococo painting of The Amazon Queen Thalestris in the Camp of Alexander the Great, by Johann Georg Platzer. According to the mythological Greek Alexander Romance, Queen Thalestris (Ancient Greek: Θάληστρις; fl. 334 BCE) of the Amazons brought 300 women to Alexander the Great, hoping to breed a race of children as strong and intelligent as he.
The first two sections describe the birth of Alexander, his ascent to the throne, and then his wars against Darius in which he emerges victorious and conquers Persia.In the story, Alexander is represented as a legitimate heir to the Persian throne by virtue of his descent from Darab (= Darius III), and so comes from a line of legitimate Persian shahs.
At the same ceremony, Alexander married Parysatis, daughter of previous Persian ruler Artaxerxes III. [9] It was fairly common practice for conquering rulers to marry the widow or daughter of the man they had deposed. [6] By wedding both women, Alexander cemented his ties to both branches of the royal family of the Achaemenid Empire. [8] [9]
In 2002, a conference on Alexander the Great was stormed as a paper about his homosexuality was about to be presented. [42] When the film Alexander , which depicted Alexander as romantically involved with both men and women, was released in 2004, 25 Greek lawyers threatened to sue the film's makers, [ 43 ] but relented after attending an ...