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• Demdaru@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  To be frank tho, not everything is gay and I sure as hell would be grief stricken if my best friend died. The difference is I do not wield as much power as Alexander did. xD

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  • 474D@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Exactly, that was his brother from another, he’s allowed to take his passing a bit rough

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    • couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      He sure took something rough

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• birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  On the other hand, he did have a partner with whom he got children, but that might be a lavender marriage. Or maybe he was bisexual, idk.

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  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Most likely bisexual by our standards. But they viewed relationships a bit different than we do.

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    • ChilledPeppers@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

      “Bi our standards”… Get it???

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  • CidVicious@piefed.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Rigid “sexual orientation” is kind of a modern concept.

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    • minorkeys@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, brought about by the invention of procreation, which is a very recent the phenomenon.

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  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I imagine that regardless of your orientation, if you’re a leader in that time period, you’re living with the undercurrent of “You MUST create an heir!”

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  • j4k3@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Greek culture lacked any binary distinction.

    I’m no expert on the subject, but reading Plato’s dialogues lately, the Athenians of the era just before Alexander had no preclusive prejudice for gendered relations. That said, the human demographic in Plato’s dialogues is very much biased towards the upper class of society, and I believe that has always slanted towards social exception through hierarchy, with a special place for the rogue aberrant who strings the bow of dogma at the edge of the tribe.

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    • minorkeys@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, those nobles also owned humans so like, not really representative of most of the population of Greece, probably.

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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Pictured: Alexander the Great announcing his victory to the citizens of Issus

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• far_university1990@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Roommate

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