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This question has been raised in Netflix's new 'Alexander the Great' docuseries..
Though the great military leader is best known for conquering Persia, Greece and many other parts of the world, 'Alexander: The Making of a God' suggests the king of ancient Macedonia harbored a secret about his sexuality..
Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus wrote in the first century that "Alexander scorned sensual pleasures with women." He wrote, "He scorned sensual pleasures to such an extent that his mother was anxious lest he be unable to beget offspring."..
'Alexander: The Making of a God' shows him deeply in love with his childhood friend and military commander Hephaestion along with the allusion to relations with one of his generals Ptolemy...
Adonis Georgiadis wrote in his book 'Homosexuality In Ancient Greece The Myth Is Collapsing' that Hephaestion was Alexander the Great's "closest and dearest friend." They have known each other since childhood and have risen to the ranks as companions...
