Re: The Iliad, Alex and Hephaestion.

susa · Post by **susa** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 7:58 am

ah?and who told you that, firsthand?we're here racking our brains to come to a possible conclusion, u see.....

susa

marcus · Post by **marcus** » Tue Aug 27, 2002 12:39 pm

BIG GRIN!

jason · Post by **jason** » Sat Oct 19, 2002 3:59 pm

actually, His most intimate friendships were certainly with men. He lived in a thoroughly male society, and his friends were drawn from the upper crust, many of whom were his companions on the expedition to Asia. His closest relationship in the tight-knit circle of young companions was with Hephaistion whom he may have known from childhood.