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- Sat Dec 03, 2016 4:45 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Alexander the Great...Good or Bad King, or neither? An Essay
- Replies: 81
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Re: Alexander the Great...Good or Bad King, or neither? An Essay
A good response, but your allegation that Alexander was a rapist is still unfounded. As I said, his chasteness was legendary, and a primary characteristic of his personality, displayed both when he was described as refusing gifts of men and women as sexual partners from foreign kings and deriding th...
- Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:21 am
- Forum: Discuss Alexander the Great
- Topic: Alexander the Great...Good or Bad King, or neither? An Essay
- Replies: 81
- Views: 55878
Re: Alexander the Great...Good or Bad King, or neither? An Essay
A few things - Where does the rapist allegation come from? Alexander was often remarked as being incredibly restrained in sexual appetites (Plutarch even explicitly compliments Alexander at one point on not forcing himself on Roxana, as many other kings would have done), which is one of the reasons ...