Alexander the Gay?

"When Philoxenus, his lieutenant on the sea-coast, wrote to him to know if he would buy two young men of great beauty, whom one Theodorus, a Tarentine, had to sell, he was so offended that he often expostulated with his friends what baseness Philoxenus had ever observed in him that he should presume to make him such a reproachful offer. And he immediately wrote him a very sharp letter, telling him Theodorus and his merchandise might go with his good-will to destruction. Nor was he less severe to Hagnon, who sent him word he would buy a Corinthian youth named Crobylus, as a present for him. And hearing that Damon and Timotheus, two of Parmenio's Macedonian soldiers, had abused the wives of some strangers who were in his pay, he wrote to Parmenio, charging him strictly, if he found them guilty, to put them to death, as wild beasts that were only made for the mischief of mankind. In the same letter he added, that he had not so much as seen or desired to see the wife of Darius, nor suffered anybody to speak of her beauty before him. He was wont to say that sleep and the act of generation chiefly made him sensible that he was mortal; as much as to say, that weariness and pleasure proceed both from the same frailty and imbecility of human nature. "

Plutarch-Alexander

Maybe what made him so great is he appealed to both sides  ... maybe even a third LOL

... i know what i said

Yiannis said everything I wanted to say.  It was considered normal and expected for men to engage in what we would call homosexual relationships in ancient Greece.

Quite simple: it was the norm in those days. It was the "expected" behavior. The State or the "Church" were not interested in your love life. If Bill Clinton lived in ancient Greece nobody would lift an eyebrow over Monica.

However, being passive would result in one being the laugh of the city and even (more serious) lose his civil rights.

Love between free men is regulated by the affair between Erastes (lover) and Eromenos (boyfriend). Erastes was a man acting as the boy's mentor and Eromenos the boy, usually 12-14 years old. It is debated that penetration between free men was not the case, so in this affair affection was limited to fondling. There 're however reports of slave or outsiders that were boy-prostitutes.

Once again, women were regarded as somehow "inferior" and the bond between two men (which, I must consider it, might me misinterpreted by our modern ethics as homosexual) was considered almost divine.

Bottom-line: sex between men was no problem for ancient Greeks, as long as the citizen was not the passive one. But being a queer was an absolute no-no!

These are the facts as they come from various sources I've read over the years. If you want to write an essay or something, you better do your own research, if you don't agree, please state your view on the matter .

From the review of Georgiades "Debunking the Myth of Homosexuality in Ancient Greece "

Alexander is our case here.Read the part of Plutarch's "Alexander" ive posted where he denies his supposed bisexuality.

Now post your various sources proving it.