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To: colorado tanker

Was Alexander really a homosexual?


11 posted on 09/06/2005 11:38:47 AM PDT by CIDKauf (No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.)
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To: CIDKauf
I really don't know. From what I've read, Alexander was bisexual, like many Greek men of his day. He was married, but didn't seem particularly fond of his wife. It's hard to know the truth of these things because of the penchant of academia to try to out historical figures as "gay" to advance the agenda.

Trying to define Greeks as gay or straight is an anachronism IMHO, as Greeks did not regard homosexual relationships as the equivalent of marriage.

14 posted on 09/06/2005 11:59:06 AM PDT by colorado tanker (The People Have Spoken)
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To: CIDKauf
Was Alexander really a homosexual?

Homosexual is Latin. Perhaps Alexander was autonomous, or hydrophobic. Or, in keeping with your question, Sapphic, although that is generally used for women.

16 posted on 09/06/2005 12:08:39 PM PDT by JohnnyZ ("I believe abortion should be safe and legal in this country." -- Mitt Romney)
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To: CIDKauf
Was Alexander really a homosexual?
If so, I don't want to hear about those "staff meetings".

-Eric

20 posted on 09/06/2005 12:16:40 PM PDT by E Rocc (Anyone who thinks Bush-bashing is banned from FR has never read a Middle East thread.)
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