Alexander the Great : myth, genesis and sexuality / Daniel Ogden.

What are ancient texts saving to us when they describe Alexander the Great's romantic relationship with his wife Barsine, or comment on his homosexual relationship with Hephaestion? What did it mean when the ancient writers told that Alexander had been sired by a thunderbolt or by a gigantic snake?...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ogden, Daniel
Language:English
Published: Exeter, UK : University of Exeter Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Legends.
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Sexual behavior.
Generals > Greece > Biography.
Greece > Kings and rulers > Biography.
Greece > History > Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Biographies.
Genre:
Legends.
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:x, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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