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Egalitarian same-sex relationships in classical antiquity
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:See also: Pederastic relationships in classical antiquity for age-structured relationships Ancient Greece Archaic period in Greece Classical Greece *Alexander the Great and Hephaestion *Hermolaus of Macedon and Sostratus of Macedon **Alexander the Great's adolescent pages involved in conspiracy against the King. Hermolaus, punished by Alexander for having struck the quarry at a hunt out of turn, sought to revenge himself for the perceived abuse by assassinating the king. He enlisted Sostratus and others, but all were denounced and stoned to death. *Epimenes, son of Arsaeus and Charicles, son of Menander **Two other pages from the same conspiracy against Alexander. Epimenes enlisted his lover, Charicles, who divulged the matter to Epimenes' brother, Eurylochus. This latter denounced to conspirators to Alexander's bodyguard, Ptolemy son of Lagus, who informed the king. |
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