#alexander and hephaestion

[swftmoony]

why is everyone obsessed over romeo and juliet when the holy trinity of gay tragic lovers exits!? like alexander the great, achilles and apollo didn’t lose hephaestion, patroclus and hyacinthus for everyone to forget about them!! like they’re the same but one is a myth, the other is a book, and the one that was real

[patroclusdefencesquad]

VINDICATION!!

[maggie44paint]

alexander and phai 🎀✨️

[oaths-sworn-in-blood]

Ο δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος, ἐλθὼν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν τοῦ Ἄμμωνος, ἐπηρώτα τὸν θεὸν εἰ πάντων τῶν ἀνθρώπων βασιλεὺς ἐστί. ὁ δὲ ἀνὴρ ὁ χρησμῳδός, ἀτενίσας, ἀπεκρίνατο· "οὐ μόνον τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὦ παῖ Διός, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν θεῶν

But Alexander, having come to the temple of Ammon, asked the god whether he was the ruler of all men. And the priest, gazing at him, replied: 'Not only of men, O son of Zeus, but of the gods as well.'

[siriusly-amazing]

Hephaestion trying to convince Alexander to go back to Macedonia is Patroclus trying to convince Achilles not to go to war.

[devilishalec]

Here is every Greek mythology reference in Sufjan Stevens songs:

(That I've seen, if I missed any, tell me!)

The Only Thing: "Signs and wonders, Perseus aligned with the skull. Slain Medusa, Pegasus alight from us all" & "Should I tear my eyes out now" (could be a reference to the Oedipus King tragedy, where Oedipus' guilt got him to blind himself and his wife/mother put a rope around around neck.)

All of Me Wants All Of You: "In this light you look like Poseidon"

Mystery of Love: "Like Hephaestion who died, Alexander's lover."

John my Beloved: "Icarus, point to the sun"

Carrie and Lowell: "Erebus on my back, my lucky charm"

Olympus: "Bound by Acrisius bronzed from the skylight" & "Seriphos greets us with moments of silence"

A Running Start: "If I align myself with Pisces in a funny way"

Venus: “Go slow, Pandemos fill of me. Guardian goddess, my guard” & “Half shell, half undressed lover of mine" & "Born Aphrogenia, jealousy drink of your wine”

Neptune: "God of freshwater and the sea"

Jupiter: "My father, working night, first shift, eternal light"

Saturn: References Cronos

The Kiss of Niobe: "Please, don't let your children die tonight. Whatever is wrong or right. Let them sleep in peace" (the song also mentions "golden fleece," another Greek mythological element associated with the tale of Jason and the Argonauts)

The Oracle Said Wander: "Cave the Cadmus country soon. Europa's sake he drew. Till the oracle said wander. Safe libation water slew. A serpent near him knew. The dragon's teeth he threw" (basically retells the myth of Cadmus)

Wallowa Lake Monster: "Charybdis in its shallow grave."

[lucidasidera]

No, yeah, I’m fine. Totally.

[hecates-corner]

siiiiigh

if only my gay lover adored the story of gay lovers in Greek mythology so much that she and I pretended to be the gay lovers while we were gay lovers

siiiiiiigh

[girls-are-weird]

Philαlexαndros

╚ an Alexander the Great and Alexander/Hephaestion Discord server

i don't know how obvious this is from my tumblr posts, but i have been on a huge alexander/hepaestion spiral ever since i watched the making of a god docuseries on netflix.

so as i was tearing through the alexander/hephaestion tag on AO3 recently, i saw someone (shout-out @ solarcalypso, i'm not sure if you have a tumblr) wonder if there was a discord server for alexander or for alexander/hephaestion, and if there wasn't, there should be. and i went "huh! yeah, there should be."

so i made one!

fair warning: this is literally the first server i've ever created, so if anything is not working properly, that's on me. but the basic requirements for joining are quite simple:

you must be over 18 years of age, and

be at least open to the idea that alexander and hephaestion's relationship might have been romantic and/or sexual. (you don't have to actively ship them if that's not your thing, but don't go around arguing with people who do. we don't straightwash alexander in this house.)

** interested? feel free to DM me here or on discord (@cpinillad) for an invite link! **

(and PS: if you have experience moderating discord servers and would like to volunteer to mod for us, DM me as well! i'm definitely looking for some of those, lol.)

please reblog this post for more exposure. i hope people like this idea and we can grow the server into a really active community!

[caffeineheroes]

The Death of Hephaestion and Alexander's Dream (324 BC)

[devilishalec]

How I feel talking about the Alexander movie that none of my friends have watched

me making posts about my brand new niche interest no one really cares about but i m free because i will never get tired of talking to myself forever

[isabellaofparma]

Besides, you'll be by my side, right? Till the bitter end.

Alexander the Great and Hephaestion in Alexander: The Making of a God (2024)

[arkangelo-7]

I feel like Bruce and Clark are gonna have one of those relationships where in like 3,000 years every (comic) historian is gonna say they were “just friends” but everyone else is gonna be like “gay.”

[devilishalec]

What's with blondes and losing their lover in greek mythology

[marysmirages]

Alexander and Hephaestion bathe their horses (2024)

[bleeding-seraphic]

A Guide To Alexander’s Favorite Things ;)