Why Alexander The Great Never Got Married
by About Alexander the Great who conquered much of the world.
Why Alexander the Great never got married?
You might have read about the brave deeds of Alexander the Great, the great world conqueror. He conquered the world in the B.C. era, and the best part of his entire campaign was he never faced resistance of a high degree.
Alexander the great was said to be a brave man, who led from the front. He was highly respected even by his enemies.
Historians say that Alexander the Great never got embroiled in controversies.
Inspite of all that Alexander the Great never got married. Many of you might not be aware of the fact.
Alexander the Great died at a very young age of 33. He fought all his life and died while he was on his way back to Greece after conquering the world.
Why did Alexander the great did not marry? You won’t find the answers on school books. Alexander the great was born a Eunuch. Yes, that’s the fact.
History says that Alexander the Great was a Eunuch, and that’s the reason the great empire wanted to capture the entire world at a very early age. He became king of Greece when he took the reigns from his father, who was the ruler of Greece.
And he never looked back since then. He was able and strict. He was said to be a disciplinarian who was focused on his mission.
Alexander the Great was a shrewd tactician. He used to build his war strategies by gaining sufficient knowledge of his enemies. He reflected his disappointments of being a Eunuch into the battlefield.
May be, he would have got married, had there being a gay culture in those times.
Eunuchs do not marry because they are neither a man, nor a woman. In those days, Eunuch was a very rare happening that occurred as a result of birth malfunction, as compared to now. Eunuchs are more common now, and moreover, at places children are forced to become a Eunuch.
Though, Alexander the great was a Eunuch, he led his life as an example. He conquered the world and showed his humanity when he gave away the kingdom that he won, back to Porus, the ruler of a province in India, after he got impressed by his reply. Though born a Eunuch, he possessed qualities worthy of a man.
He would always be known as a great ruler who had qualities that befits a king.
Liked it
-
-
-
Post CommentBG
On May 13, 2009 at 7:30 pm
This is complete rubbish. Alexander might have been bisexual but he certainly was not a Eunuch.
Shane Waas
On November 19, 2009 at 12:18 pm
I agree with BG, this is completely false. Don’t bash Alexander the Great by sayin he was a Eunuch just because he was gay! Alexander in fact had was in love with and sexualy active with Hephaestion and also Bagoas. While Alexander was not a eunuch, Bagoas was, however he was not boren one, he was made one.
Ben
On June 28, 2010 at 4:35 am
.Alexander The Great may have been what could have been referred to in ancients times a “eunuch” but not in the sense of a castrated or impotent male. It has been speculated by some scholars that a eunuch could also be a male who had no inclination toward women, and so today would be considered gay or homosexual, though possibly also asexual or transgendered.
That class of eunuchs were considered to have been born eunuchs, not created through genital modification. Alexander’s mother was fearful he would not leave an heir because he apparently had no interest in women. He was likely not asexual as he had sexual interest in Hephaestion, at least according to the cynic philosopher Diogenese. He may also have been transgendered, though that is an unlikely possibility.
In the Greco-Roman world men who were passive partners in homosexual intercourse were considered to be abnormal and feminized, while the active partner was not seen as different from a masculine heterosexual man. In the Mediterranean world these passive partners were often eunuchs by birth or through castration. Some of these unconventionally gendered males may thus have had female identities and today would be called transgender or transsexual. Gender identity is impossible to discern from outward appearance and Alexander gave little such indication in his behavior.
He may have sometimes cross dressed as the goddess Artemis (who was a gender and sexual non-conformist herself, remaining a perpetual virgin and engaging in the sport of hunting) but this probably has more to do with Alexander’s belief in his own divinity, if it occurred at all; and if so, he also impersonated male deities. He displayed homosexual tendencies but this does not necessarily reflect on his gender identity, as today gender identity and sexual orientation are understood to be separate from each other. At the very least he was a physically normal male who occupied a traditional masculine role, but who was not entirely heterosexual.
Alexander was not recognized as a eunuch during his time. He may have been a eunuch by natural birth but denied this aspect of himself. Many gay men still do this today, by masking any effeminate qualities they may have and by marrying heterosexually. Alexander did marry; more then once in fact. This could indicate that he was bisexual or that he married women only for the purpose of political gain and/or procreation.