Alexander the Great: Myth, Genesis and Sexuality

by Daniel Ogden

Book Overview

What are ancient texts saying to us when they describe Alexander the Great's romantic relationship with his wife Barsine, or comment on his homosexual relationship with Hephaestion? What did it mean when the ancient writers told that Alexander had been sired by a thunderbolt or by a gigantic snake? What did it mean when they represented his mother Olympias as a witch? These questions and others are addressed in Alexander the Great: Myth and Sexuality...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859898385
• ISBN13: 9780859898386
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"