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The phrase "boon companion rewarded for his dogged devotion" comes to mind - or was that Peter Green? I don't think though that there is any evidence that he was "fundamentally stupid" (Peter Green again?). Me either, Alexias. As for me, I don't dispute Alexander may have been i...

There is, though, far more than a hint that the man was a canine of the femminine variety. Clearly he was not liked and this has as much to do with the politics of Alexander's court as with the abilties or lack thereof of Hephaestion. What happened with Philotas would be mirrored in events after Al...

I always thought it was a measure of just what a remarkably charismatic leader Alexander must have been that he managed to keep such a group of strong personalities working together when there was, as I think the wars after Alexander's death showed, so much rancor, greed, power-lust, and jealousy am...

Thankyou for the link to the dissertation Alexias- that looks pretty interesting. I will check it out. I don't really want to get into debating about exactly what physical component the relationship did or didn't entail. I don't think I'm going to convince anyone who is not conviced by the sources. ...

Hello all, I've been browsing this wonderful website after having been recently been stirred to reread Renault's trilogy and the Alexander histories I own (Arrian, Plutarch, and Curtius)....anyway, some random thoughts about which I was curious to hear some other Alexandrophiles response. Renault st...