Here's a bit more detail on Begoas and Hephaestion - there is evidence, although obscure of course, that there was no rivalry there. In fact, there is evidence that they worked together to aid Alexander, Hephaestion out of love no doubt and Begoas likely out of instinct for self-preservation.
When we think about it logically, if Hephaestion saw him as a rival, Begoas was little more than a common slave. He could have had him removed from the board easily and Alexander wouldn't do anything to him for it.
2026-03-27 20:28:33
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Rosie :
Read the Persian boy by Mary Renault, it is such a beautiful book told from Bagoas’ perspective
2026-04-02 02:11:57
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a.z3el :
OK, there’s one thing that I do not get the more I go through your videos the more I get confused of who Alexander the Great’s lover was? First you say it as Aristotle then you say that Hephaestion and Alexander were lovers thennnn the Persian eunuch named Bagoas ? So which is it ( help please) ???
2026-07-10 19:56:39
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amyemmet1 :
Thoroughly enjoy your content. Do you have a connection to San Diego State? I live in La Jolla.
2026-03-28 07:15:45
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Candide1964 :
Totally in love with this series
2026-03-28 14:07:52
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Angelica Thorne Serial Fiction :
The Persian Boy by Mary Renault. My book is 41 years old. I got as a senior in high school
2026-04-02 03:16:20
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Stevie V :
I choose to believe Bogoas was real. Such a gorgeous story!
2026-05-02 17:05:37
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jardon819 :
very intresting 🏳️🌈👏
2026-03-27 20:18:53
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Ronnie Gutierrez :
will the real Bugous please stand uuuup!! what a story!!! 🥰
2026-03-28 06:31:47
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David Beckstrand :
❣️❤️❣️Love This❣️❤️❣️
2026-03-28 16:04:29
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How to be Lee Nok? :
Modern historians who dispute the relationship are as accurate as the ones who say that it existed, since we don't have any concrete evidence. thou I'd trust Pluto more than any modern historian. so in my book yes, he existed and yes they were lovers
2026-03-27 19:30:33
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fellida :
I am reading The Persian Boy by Mary Renault. If course Bagoas is real 😄
2026-03-29 16:53:42
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Jay Arnold :
At this point, one could make it up as they like, because we really don't have definitive evidence. That said, I would like to believe that he kissed him tenderly, he was a beautiful boy… and if so, nobody was going to mess with Alexander.
2026-03-27 21:52:38
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Ron Rey :
I like Alexander, but not excited about eunichs😁
2026-05-03 18:04:58
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rseeu5 :
I would have kissed 💋💋💋him too!!!!
2026-06-23 23:35:24
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EDDIE DEAN ROBINSON 00 :
❤️❤️❤️
2026-05-01 23:06:16
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kirkdeleon :
This is only unimaginable to us because of Christian morality that refuses to acknowledge the fluidity of sexuality and attraction. The ancients acknowledged all the facets of human possibility. Christianity limits possibilities to limit who can attain power lessening competition and threats to those that hold power.
2026-05-03 20:07:50
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blackzebra_🇪🇸 :
we all know those boys were either slaves, teenagers and they were forced into it, they didn't have a choice. it's not some gay utopia, it was brutal for them
2026-03-27 20:02:13
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