#alexander of macedon

[nvd94]

‘You must tell me when I say the Persian wrongly. Don’t be afraid to correct me, or I shall never learn.’

I said I had thought he would never love me. I did not beg him to take me with him wherever he was going; I did not think so far. I was like a traveler in the desert,who comes to water.

The persian Boy- Mary Renault

#the persian boy #bagoas #alexander the great #iskander #alexander of macedon #mary renault #the Persian boy fanart

[marysmirages]

Spirits of ancient battles. Memories of Alexander the Great (2023/2024)

Gouache version of the work from 2017: https://www.tumblr.com/marysmirages/686070565494259712/spirits-of-ancient-battles-memories-of-alexander?source=share

#alexanderthegreat #hephaestion #hephaistion #alexander of macedon #marysmirages #asia #ancient greek mythology #painting #art #horse #rider #mirage #oasis #persia

[badhistorymemes]

Any ideas?

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[zaireetoo-draws]

Alexander the Great

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[pareefae]

People wonder how Alexander was such a strategic genius...well I'm sure he had a lot of "brainstorming" sessions ;^)

Drawing these guys is so fun and it's like I'm in my own fandom, making food for only myself. Just a one man fandom ='D

🔶Full image on my paytree0n!

#alexander of macedon #alexander the great #achaemenid #ancient persia #ancient greece #bagoas #persian boy #my art

[tiny-librarian]

"What Alexander the Great accomplishes, seems like something out of myth....and yet he did it."

#alexander the great #alexander iii #alexander: the making of a god #ancient egypt #ancient greece #macedonia #alexander of macedon #bruck Braithwaite #loooove it #a+ example of how the ptolemaic dynasty would do it right after him too #they would have looked very similar

[pappadu]

i actually have time to draw again, yeez

#alexander of macedon #my art

[inc0rrectmyths]

Alexander: I will crush every kingdom in India and kill the kings, and most importantly kiss Porus.

Hephaestion: Hmm..?

Alexander: KILL PORUS-

#macedonian sillys #greek history #ancient greek history #indian history #ancient indian history #ancient greece #ancient india #alexander of macedon #alexander the great #porus #hephaestion

[wwxchengj]

ptolemy enters alexander's room* bang * you two ARE having sex

alexander: hephaestion do you think that achilles and patroclus they-

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[jeannereames]

I found your blog recently and I can't stop reading it! it's amazing really :) also sorry if i have any mistake, english is not my first language.

I wanted to ask something: Were Alexander's generals jealous of Hephaestion because of his relationship with Alexander? I imagine that in some way they did feel something like that, but is there any conclusive evidence that says how they feel about it?

Macedonian officers were a bunch of sharks, with Alexander as the Great White

My header is the tl;dr version.

We know at least Krateros was jealous of Hephaistion; the sources tell us as much. Alexander even invented a cute little way of dealing with it, calling Hephaistion Philalexandros (Alexander loving or friend-of-Alexander) while Krateros was Philobasileus (king loving or friend-of-the-king). Hephaistion also appears to have tangled with Eumenes, although Eumenes tangled with a lot of people, from what I can tell. And, at least earlier in the campaign, Hephaistion and Krateros might have been, if not friends, at least friendly. But once Hephaistion rose in importance, he was in Krateros’s way.

Basically, all the fellows in Alexander’s orbit were in competition for Alexander’s affection, just as they’d later be in competition for Alexander’s empire after he died (the Era of the Successors or Diadochi).

Remember, in the ancient (pre-Christian) world, humility was not a virtue, and a GOOD person helped his friends and hurt his enemies. None of this “turn the other cheek” business, or “When they go low, we go high.” When they went low, you were expected to cut their throat as they bent.

That said, Curtius (Rufus) at least paints a picture of Hephaistion as someone careful in how he exercised his influence. In Curtius’s introduction of him in his history, he says Hephaistion had more freedom to upbraid the king than anybody else, but exercised it as if given by Alexander, not taken by himself. Elsewhere, Curtius calls him charming. In contrast, Plutarch (or at least Plutarch’s sources) paint a less flattering picture. I think which view modern historians accept depends on which primary source we trust more (or read first). 😉

Only in Plutarch do we find the episode of him pulling swords with Krateros. Curtius doesn’t mention it, nor does Diodoros or Arrian (Justin is too brief). But Diodoros does give the Philalexandros/Philobasileus line (when he recounts H.’s death). Diodoros also records a probably spurious letter Hephaistion supposedly wrote to Olympias, telling her to stop quarreling with him in her correspondence with Alexander. This is not a real letter and may owe to another incident where Alexander was reading a letter from her while sitting next to Hephaistion—who apparently leaned in to read with him. Alexander didn’t stop him but put his seal ring on his lips. I suspect Hephaistion regularly read his mail, but this time people happened to be watching.

Most of the quarrels related about Hephaistion appear to occur later—once his importance at the court had risen. And whatever you read in other historians (Green, Heckel, Anson, Cartledge, Worthington), he doesn’t appear to have been any more quarrelsome than anybody else—and maybe less, if Curtius can be trusted.

But basically, yes, sure, the person loved best by Alexander would be the natural target of others’ envy.

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[canopiancatboy]

Getting some work done on the Macedonians, going fast and dirty with them for a fun "break" from more intense projects

Works been rough and my car is having a time so a nice repetitive calming exercise like this is nice

#art #canopiancatboyart #painting #miniature #hail caesar #macedonian phalanx #macedonia #alexander of macedon #ancient greece #ancient history #tabletop #miniatures #wargaming #3d printing #board games #miniature painting #greece

[forrealaperson]

I haven’t posted a lot of original stuff on my blog but when I have, it was about the Alexander (2004) movie and here is one aspect that I adore about that film that I haven’t read yet on the internet. Maybe I have to preface it by saying that I didn’t have big big expectations on the portrayal of Alexander and Hephaistions relationship going into the movie. It came out the same year as Troy and we all know how that went. Now here is an excerpt of the three pages document that I wrote after watching this movie (the Ultimate Cut):

There is one thing that I would really like to discuss in the depiction of Alexander and Hephaistions relationship. It is the lack of a kiss between the two. I was indeed wondering if there would be one, from before watching (though then, I really did not expect it) to the first scene with „it is hardest to be alone“. And then throughout the second half of the movie until the end, I wondered if they would kiss at Hephaistions death scene. Speaking now, I am really glad that they didn’t and here is why. Now there are a lot of kisses shared between various characters, Alexander even kisses his mother on the mouth. I interpreted that one as more of a „violent“ act. They were fighting in that scene. Whereas his father, he would hit, he kisses his mother. He kisses Bagaos as a show, to symbolise his love to the eunuch or his desired unity between the Persians and Macedonians. He never kisses Hephaistion on screen. This may also be a tribute to the fact that we don’t exactly know to which degree they were physically intimate and I find that okay. It is because we are very clearly and openly shown how profound their relationship and love for one another is. A great focus is laid upon the fact that there is no denying the love between them that is more important to Alexander than any other. So much that I think that any kiss would not do them justice; no kiss would be a greater symbol than any of their other scenes. It would feel flat. In particular a kiss at the deathbed could hold an implicit meaning that they did not kiss before that moment, which I do not like to think.

I like how they showed the relationship in its organic form. Their hugs are more intense and I feel like they convey the strength of the relationship more than a kiss would. No one hugs their (only) best friend like that. That is clear. There is no open interpretation.

A kiss in passing would have been nice as well, but the absence makes the fact stand out and I do like it this way. I like that it demonstrates that you don‘t need a kiss to depict a romantic relationship. That is also why I think that it could never be made this way today. Because there would be public uproar at how there wasn’t a kiss and how dare they and how it would be cowardly that they didn’t even shoot a kiss. Everything needs to be explicit nowadays, there is a checklist to go through for every film.

(this is only one way to think of it though - romances were always explicit - but I do feel this way in regards to the Alexander film)

#Alexander 2004 #alexander the great #hephaistion #hephaestion #alexander of macedon

[marysmirages]

Battle of the Hydaspes. Alexander the Great (2021)

#alexander the great #alexander of macedon #hephaestion #hephaistion #bucephalus #battleofhydaspes #marysmirages #horse #elephant #ancient greek history #ancient india #art #painting #drawing #illustration

[alessandroiiidimacedonia]

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[badhistorymemes]

Classic Alex

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[pareefae]

In an interesting turn of events, now I'm into a certain historic era. A friend approach me with a story based on historic personas, namely Alexander The Great and his Persian lover, Bagoas the eunuch.

I didn't know much about these people and I was instantly intrigued. Alexander had a Persian boy as a lover? Oooooh the drama. The angst. The tragedy. So here we are. I'm in love with Bagoas. The beautiful eunuch with a tragic life. My friend and I really want to tell his story someday, from our perspective since the stories about Alexander is always told from a Greek perspective. It's time Persians do something as well!

#alexander the great #alexander of macedon #persian boy #bagoas #achaemenid #ancient persia #my art #pareefae