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The ancient sources on Alexander and Hephaestion — Ancient Heroes So far, I've looked at what Arrian, Plutarch, and Curtius had to say about Alexander the Great's relationship with Hephaestion. Now it's time to look at what some of the other ancient sources said about Hephaestion, including Diodorus, Aelian, and Diogenes of Sinope.
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It is near the book's end, at Hephaestion's death, where we learn the most about Alexander's feelings for Hephaestion. Alexander rushes back to the palace after hearing news of his friend's illness, but he is too late. "The accounts of Alexander's grief at this loss are many and various. All writers have agreed that it was great, but.
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. Cawthorne is perhaps the most upfront about it, plainly calling Hephaestion Alexander' s lover throughout his book and noting that Alexander' s wife, Roxane, did not become pregnant until.
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Alexander the Great (born 356 bce, Pella, Macedonia [northwest of Thessaloníki, Greece]—died June 13, 323 bce, Babylon [near Al-Ḥillah, Iraq]) king of Macedonia (336-323 bce), who overthrew the Persian empire, carried Macedonian arms to India, and laid the foundations for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms. Already in his lifetime the subject of fabulous stories, he later.
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An archaeologist investigating an ancient Greek tomb from Alexander the Great's era suggests it was a shrine for his closest friend Hephaestion.
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Hephaestion was a general in Alexander the Great's army and was the closest friend of the famous conqueror. He was born around 356 B.C., in Pella, to a general in Philip II's army. Hephaestion was believed to be the same age as Alexander. Beginnings of the Friendship Alexander and Hephaestion grew up together and became good friends.
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Were Alexander the Great and Hephaestion lovers? — Ancient Heroes The age-old question. Were Alexander and Hephaestion lovers? Or merely close friends? It has been debated, and commented on, by countless historians and philosophers. So what do we know for sure, and what's merely myth?
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ISBN 9780838636602. Alexander married "Barsine" (Stateira), daughter of the dead Darius III; his best friend, Hephaestion, married her sister "Drypetis," whose Persian name recalls Draupadi, the Indian heroine of the Mahabharata.^ Jump up to: a b Curtius 3.12.16Jump up ^ McLeod, John (2008). God of War.
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Hephaestion and Alexander's deaths (Suggested timing: 2 ½ hours) Death of Hephaestion (324 BC) · Alexander travelled to Ecbatana where Hephaestion died following a short illness. As Alexander's favourite, Hephaestion had become increasingly unpopular. Alexander was naturally very upset given the closeness of his relationship with Hephaestion.
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Hephaestion (c.357-324): Macedonian nobleman, closest friend and lover of king Alexander the Great. During the expedition against Persia, he served sometimes as a military commander, but he was probably a better organizer. Part 1 Part 2 Youth Hephaestion
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This described Alexander's close friendship with Hephaestion who, like Alexander, had married one of Darius's daughters, and whose early death had plunged Alexander into a vortex of grief. In Rufus's account—cited here in a translation by John Digby of 1714—Hephaestion was the archetypal 'good favourite'. 39
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Alexander the Great, son of Phillip II of Macedon inherited the Macedonian Empire and expanded it into the largest empire his world had seen, and as he did that, his greatest friend and trusted general Hephaestion was by his side.
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Hephaestion was a contemporary of Alexander and it is likely that his influence might have been seen as less of a threat than these more mature companions. Whatever Hephaestion's opinion had been on the whole affair, like many of Alexander's other childhood companions he was not exiled in its aftermath.
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The companion of brothers Hephaestion was born, like Alexander, in around 365 BC. He was a son of Amyntor, a noble man of Macedonia. Hephaestion was a friend, companion and a general in the army of Alexander. According to the ancient resources, he had a special bond with the king.
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Alexander the Great was an ancient Macedonian ruler and one of history's greatest military minds who, as King of Macedonia and Persia, established the largest empire the ancient world had ever.