Who were Alexander the Great’s lovers? Meet Roxane, the Little Star, Stateira II and Parysatis, Persian princesses and daughters of Great Kings, Bagoas, a resourceful eunuch, and – most famous of all - Hephaestion, the Macedonian general who stuck by Alexander from childhood to death, through thick and thin, yet whose relationship with the conqueror is still covered in mystery.

In Alexander’s Lovers Malcolm and Francis enter the heart of Alexander’s life. They look at the famous and obscure of those who caught the king’s eye, tackle the politics, and, along the way, explore the really big issues: beards, biscuits, and debatable parental decisions made in the service of love!

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In Part One of this two-part series, Malcolm and Frances explored images of Alexander from his own lifetime through to the end of the nineteenth century. In Part Two, they turn their attention to those produced in a variety of forms in the twentieth and twenty-first century: folk art and pop art, television and movies, portraits and currency are all represented – plus more!

If you would like to see the images that Malcolm and Frances discuss, you can do so now on our website here. You can also view the images that they discuss in Episode 6 here. Alexander dreamed of lasting fame. The world of art has certainly given him that.

Resources

on-line texts for the Alexander Historians:

Arrian

Curtius

Diodorus

Plutarch

Justin

About Malcolm and Frances

Malcolm spends his days with his head in books and his heart in faraway lands, especially ones conquered by Alexander. When he looks at maps of Alexander’s empire, his go-to response remains “Crikey”.

Frances is an academic who specialises in Hellenistic numismatics. She is currently writing a novel about Alexander’s first wife, Roxane, bringing life to the woman who existed in the shadow of a man who was larger than life.

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Frances

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Email: spearpointatg@gmail.com

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No one controlled their image as much as Alexander the Great. Despite this, however, artists in antiquity produced a variety of portrayals of him: Alexander as a young man, realistic images, idealistic, and even Alexander as a divinity. This diversity only increased over the centuries following Alexander’s death. In Images of Alexander, Malcolm and Frances explore how the conqueror has been portrayed from his own lifetime, through antiquity and the Middle Ages and onwards to the late Victorian period.

If you would like to see the images that Malcolm and Frances discuss, you can do so now on our website here. Many of the older images of Alexander belong to the field of high art: sculptures, busts, paintings. In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Alexander laid siege to pop art. How did he fare? Find out in Episode 7!

Resources

on-line texts for the Alexander Historians:

Arrian

Curtius

Diodorus

Plutarch

Justin

About Malcolm and Frances

Malcolm spends his days with his head in books and his heart in faraway lands, especially ones conquered by Alexander. When he looks at maps of Alexander’s empire, his go-to response remains “Crikey”.

Frances is an academic who specialises in Hellenistic numismatics. She is currently writing a novel about Alexander’s first wife, Roxane, bringing life to the woman who existed in the shadow of a man who was larger than life.

Spearpoint Socials

Facebook

Instagram: @spearpointATG

Threads: @SpearpointATG

Bluesky: @spearpoint.bsky.social

Malcolm

Instagram: @thesecondachilles

Facebook: @alexander.of.macedon

Frances

Instagram: @futuristichistorian

Email: spearpointatg@gmail.com

Intro + Outro Music

Epic by Hot_Dope (pixabay.com)

Audio Engineer: Renee LeBoeuf, Green Frog Productions, LLC, Seattle WA

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.