Alexander the Great

[alrot]

I never saw until yesterdy in HBO great movie,Indeed Oliver stone make a though Job ,But how is that?
..........A GAY?'???????? ,who said that ? ,I not an historian is far from being my strong, but they teach us that in 9th grade, I remember back in USA in my history class about the conquest of Alejandro Magno(so here in my country) and I never read even here that this fellow was  ::) double side ,maybe is like that news stories of Da Vinci and Jesus .....It seems like everyone are playng who makes a new lie?..that gives money...and a lot

I like that movie,scenrios,cast,acting performance(MMmmm Angelina ) but it happend tooooooooooo long ago to make this afirmations as if they totaly sure....or maybe I could be wrong.......?  

[Sir_Jon]

Yep Alexander the Great was gay.

[Woodlouse2002]

Or so evidence seems to suggest. I very much doubt anyone said so to his face.

[Katahu]

I very much doubt anyone said so to his face.

If anybody did, then that person was never heard from again.

[alrot]

Or so evidence seems to suggest. I very much doubt anyone said so to his face.

Imagine

[beaky]

I've heard that in that culture at that time it was pretty commonplace, but generally a man was expected to give that sort of thing up when he settled down and started a family. I guess they often returned to it when they got old... not my cup of tea, but to each his own, I say.
And even if Alexander was strictly a "man's man", so to speak, that wouldn't make him a sissy, necessarily. In the ancient world, there were elite fighting units who were... um... very, very close.  They were also fearsome warriors (except for the downy-cheeked serving-boys... ).
If everybody in your platoon is "that way" it's probably very good for morale (as long as nobody gets too possessive ). And the sort of fetishistic masochistic elements of military life would definitely appeal to fellows of ...a certain nature. Didn't they usually fight in the nude back then, except for a little armor? Sounds pretty gay to me...  ;)
In the end (woops, no pun intended there), Alexander was never noted for his sexual exploits, more for his military exploits, so who cares?
 Maybe Stone shouldn't have even mentioned it... although Hollywood can't seem to produce even a historical drama without lots of steamy, gossipy sex stuff...