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Hephaestion was a general in Alexander the Great's army and was the closest friend of the famous conqueror. He was born around 356 B.C., in Pella, to a general in Philip II's army. Hephaestion was believed to be the same age as Alexander. Beginnings of the Friendship Alexander and Hephaestion grew up together and became good friends.
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Alexander-Helios, Roman copy after Hellenistic original, c. 3rd-2nd century BC. This article is part of a series about Alexander the Great Early life Education Personal relationships Early rule Consolidation of power Balkan campaign Pelium Thebes Conquest of the Persian Empire Asia Minor Granicus Halicarnassus Syria Issus Tyre Egypt Gaza
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An archaeologist investigating an ancient Greek tomb from Alexander the Great's era suggests it was a shrine for his closest friend Hephaestion.
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The companion of brothers Hephaestion was born, like Alexander, in around 365 BC. He was a son of Amyntor, a noble man of Macedonia. Hephaestion was a friend, companion and a general in the army of Alexander. According to the ancient resources, he had a special bond with the king.
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Alexander and Hephaestion are king and army general, as Alexander was the king of the Macedonian kingdom since the age of 20, and Hephaestion was the general of the army. They worked and shared an amazing friendship together, and later, Hephaestion married Alexander's sister. Alexander and Hephaestion's Early Life
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This described Alexander's close friendship with Hephaestion who, like Alexander, had married one of Darius's daughters, and whose early death had plunged Alexander into a vortex of grief. In Rufus's account—cited here in a translation by John Digby of 1714—Hephaestion was the archetypal 'good favourite'. 39
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A compelling case study is the reception of the emotional, romantic, and sexual relationship between Alexander and Hephaestion, even as Alexander had two children by different women and married three. Bisexual erasure now extends back 2300 years with my research, along with its implications in the larger focus of LGBT censorship throughout.
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ISBN 9780838636602. Alexander married "Barsine" (Stateira), daughter of the dead Darius III; his best friend, Hephaestion, married her sister "Drypetis," whose Persian name recalls Draupadi, the Indian heroine of the Mahabharata.^ Jump up to: a b Curtius 3.12.16Jump up ^ McLeod, John (2008). God of War.
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Hephaestion and Alexander's deaths (Suggested timing: 2 ½ hours) Death of Hephaestion (324 BC) · Alexander travelled to Ecbatana where Hephaestion died following a short illness. As Alexander's favourite, Hephaestion had become increasingly unpopular. Alexander was naturally very upset given the closeness of his relationship with Hephaestion.
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Were Alexander the Great and Hephaestion lovers? — Ancient Heroes The age-old question. Were Alexander and Hephaestion lovers? Or merely close friends? It has been debated, and commented on, by countless historians and philosophers. So what do we know for sure, and what's merely myth?
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Hephaestion was a member of Alexander the Great 's personal bodyguard and the Macedonian king's closest and lifelong friend and advisor. So much so, Hephaestion's death would bring the young king to tears. From 334 to 323 BCE Alexander the Great conquered much of the known world.
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Hephaestion was a contemporary of Alexander and it is likely that his influence might have been seen as less of a threat than these more mature companions. Whatever Hephaestion's opinion had been on the whole affair, like many of Alexander's other childhood companions he was not exiled in its aftermath.
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Alexander the Great, son of Phillip II of Macedon inherited the Macedonian Empire and expanded it into the largest empire his world had seen, and as he did that, his greatest friend and trusted general Hephaestion was by his side.
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Hephaestion (c.357-324): Macedonian nobleman, closest friend and lover of king Alexander the Great. During the expedition against Persia, he served sometimes as a military commander, but he was probably a better organizer. Part 1 Part 2 Youth Hephaestion
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It is near the book's end, at Hephaestion's death, where we learn the most about Alexander's feelings for Hephaestion. Alexander rushes back to the palace after hearing news of his friend's illness, but he is too late. "The accounts of Alexander's grief at this loss are many and various. All writers have agreed that it was great, but.
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Alexander the Great (born 356 bce, Pella, Macedonia [northwest of Thessaloníki, Greece]—died June 13, 323 bce, Babylon [near Al-Ḥillah, Iraq]) king of Macedonia (336-323 bce), who overthrew the Persian empire, carried Macedonian arms to India, and laid the foundations for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms. Already in his lifetime the subject of fabulous stories, he later.
