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#Alexander the Great
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ancientorigins · 2 days
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Alexander of Macedon, more widely known as Alexander the Great, is one of history’s most famous conquerors. Many historians, poets, and writers have been mesmerized by his conquests. The enthralling images of Alexander’s actions have built an everlasting romantic impression of the man.
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charlesoberonn · 3 months
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Tell me you know nothing about history without telling me you know nothing about history
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isabellaofparma · 3 months
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Besides, you'll be by my side, right? Till the bitter end.
Alexander the Great and Hephaestion in Alexander: The Making of a God (2024)
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animentality · 3 months
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troythecatfish · 2 months
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hephaestn · 3 months
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Ptolemy tired of thirdwheeling Alexander and Hephaestion in Episode 1: The Boy King
Alexander: The Making of a God (Netflix, 2024)
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nortism · 3 months
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it actually wasn’t netflix who turned alexander the great gay, it was ben willbond in 2009 on hit children’s tv show horrible histories
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diioonysus · 8 months
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history + last words
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asteroidaceae · 1 year
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Homer: I chose to focus on Achilles dragging Hector behind his chariot in my composition of the Siege of Troy as a meditation on the horrors men commit when consumed by grief and rage.
Alexander: At long last I have re-enacted the war crime of my hero Achilles from the poem That Time Achilles Did Some Really Fucked Up Things and Learned Better.
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mysharona1987 · 3 months
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Imagine being so dumb the Qanon Shaman is correcting you about misinterpreting history.
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floatyflowers · 9 months
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Dark! Platonic Alexander the Great x illegitimate! Daughter reader?
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He had you when he was really young, barely fifteen years old.
Even though many men back then had children younger than his age.
Alexander didn't give you up, in fact, he insisted that you stay by his side, not caring for the criticism lashed towards him.
Not only that, but also tried to convince his father to legalizes you.
But his father refused to do so.
However, when King Philip II gets assassinated, and your father becomes king at twenty-one, the first thing he does is claim you as his true-born child.
For the Macedonian Greek king, you were not just a child related to him by blood...
You are the daughter he spends long nights telling about his glorious fights and hunts.
Unlike his father who belittles his achievements, you always seem excited to listen to him.
Also, you have the same interests as him, you love to always learn and improve even as a young child.
Alexander decided to bring you with him on his conquests, even though his mother, Olympias objected to the idea, stating that war is no place for a girl.
But your father insisted that you shall come with him because you are his daughter.
Of course, he kept you protected away from the battle field.
One time, Cleitus, one of the generals, flirted with you during the celebration of one of your father's victories.
Alexander got word of that and killed his friend with his own hands in drunken fury.
As years pass by, your health becomes more frail, and you start to pass out during long journeys.
Alexander appointed the highest physicians to cure you, but they failed to even find out what is making you so weak in the first place.
On your deathbed, you keep mumbling your father's name while Alexander keeps holding your hand, pleading for his gods to save you.
"Father...Father"
"Don't leave your father alone, (Y/n), don't be so cruel" the conqueror choked out the words, with tears falling down his face
But unfortunately, you passed away at the age of seventeen, leaving your father heartbroken and feeling great guilt.
Alexander also died a few months later from typhoid fever.
His last request was that they move your body to his tomb, so he can find you again in the afterlife.
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patroclusdefencesquad · 3 months
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VINDICATION!!
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remixingreality · 2 months
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isabellaofparma · 3 months
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"But the fates of death await us. So we either give our enemy glory…" "Or win it for ourselves."
Alexander the Great and Hephaestion in Alexander: The Making of a God (2024)
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pansen1802 · 9 months
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The mural of Achilles, and the temple of Amun.
Private commissions, please don't use for yourself.
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