{"id":98510,"date":"2016-06-03T09:58:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T09:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/03\/smurflewis-hephaistionisawesome\/"},"modified":"2016-06-03T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T09:58:24","slug":"smurflewis-hephaistionisawesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2016\/06\/03\/smurflewis-hephaistionisawesome\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

smurflewis<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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hephaistionisawesome<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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smurflewis<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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philalexandros-heph<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Reading the iliad is so crazy because like alexander the great was reading this story over 2000 years ago?? he probably wrote fanfiction about achilles and patroclus and told hephaestion his headcanons?? life is absurd<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

HE DID THO. HE ACTUALLY DID. <\/p>\n

ALEXANDER THE GREAT WAS HELLA GAY AND WROTE GAY FANFICTION OF THE GAYEST PEOPLE IN ANCIENT GREECE. <\/p>\n

I\u2019m not even kidding. Achilles and Patriclus were hella gay Ancient Greek warriors; like the Illiad (the number one source for all things Greek) has half the book dedicated to their relationship. <\/p>\n

Alexander the Great wrote 57 papers about them. HE WROTE 57 ESSAYS ON THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND WHAT HE THOUGHT THEY WOULD DO IF THEY LIVED IN HIS TIME PERIOD. <\/p>\n

ALEXANDER THE GREAT WROTE MODERN AU GAY FANFICTION<\/p>\n

And it gets EVEN GAYER <\/p>\n

He constantly refers to himself and his \u201cguy pal\u201d Hephaestion as having the same relationship as Achilles and Patroclus <\/p>\n

He literally talks about how he and his best friend were like WELL
KNOWN ANCIENT LOVERS. <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t think it can get gayer?
THINK AGAIN<\/p>\n

Alexander and Hephaestion visit the graves of Achilles and Patroclus and laid down flowers in honor for them, stripped naked, and ran a race in their honor. After words they SENT THEIR SERVANT AWAY TO SPEND THE NIGHT ALONE AT THE MEMORIAL. <\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t a myth, this is actual documented history. It\u2019s all true. I don\u2019t have sources because I learned about this a few years ago in my history class in college but google it I promise you.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Wow, 57 essays. Alexander must have had a lot of free time on his hands. <\/p>\n

The reason you don\u2019t have sources is that this didn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I TOOK 15 MINUTES <\/p>\n

Cartledge, Paul. Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past. Woodstock, NY; New York: The Overlook Press, 2004 <\/p>\n

Wilcken, Ulrich, Alexander the Great, W. W. Norton & Company; Reissue edition (March 1997)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

smurflewis: hephaistionisawesome: smurflewis: philalexandros-heph: Reading the iliad is so crazy because like alexander the great was reading this story over 2000 years ago?? he probably wrote fanfiction about achilles and patroclus and told hephaestion his headcanons?? life is absurd HE DID THO. HE ACTUALLY DID. ALEXANDER THE GREAT WAS HELLA GAY AND WROTE GAY FANFICTION … <\/p>\n

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