#alexander/hephaistion

[llitchilitchi]

short little comic I drew in lectures

given Alexander's tendency to work a lot and sleep very little, especially earlier in his life, he likely had a tendency to doze every free moment he got (based off my own habit of falling asleep at my work table all the time) - and I wanted to draw something with it

[marysmirages]

Alexander and Hephaestion bathe their horses (2024)

[maggie44paint]

Alexander and his generals!

(at least the ones I actually remember by their name, sorry Cleitus💀)

Edit: Huge thanks to everyone who respectfully explained the topic of skintones in Ancient Macedonia to me, I truly appreciate it 🙏

[my-chiliarch]

Hey bro what if we married two sisters but like as a political move, like I marry the oldest princess and you marry her younger sister so we can be officially a family, but I mean we should marry the same day with a lot of other couples but you're my right hand and I'm the king so you and I will stand next to each other and be the most important men there and get married together and have a family together because you know our children will be cousins and I want your babies to be related to me and my babies to be related to you bro, isn't it great that we can have babies together, it's just everything true bros would want, I can't wait for our wedding day, love you bro <3

[tragicsiblings]

ALEXANDER (2004) | dir. Oliver Stone

[capelin356]

Alex and his marshals

[your-name-is-jim]

Interviewer: Are you very fond of Alexander? Gene Roddenberry: As a matter of fact, I am. I have Mary Renault's new Oxford book―in fact, I'd have everything in the bookstores a few years ago. Passionate admirer of Alexander. Passionate man. [...] Interviewer: There's a great deal of writing in the STAR TREK movement now which compares the relationship between Alexander and Hephaistion to the relationship between Kirk and Spock―focusing on the closeness of the friendship, the feeling that they would die for one another― Gene Roddenberry: Yes. There's certainly some of that with―certainly with love overtones. Deep love. The only difference being, the Greek ideal―we never suggested in the series―physical love between the two. But it's the―we certainly had the feeling the affection was sufficient for that, if that were the particular style in the 23rd Century. [He looks thoughtful] That's very interesting. I never thought of that before. [From Shatner: Where No Man (1979)]

Sooo I watched the new docuseries Alexander: The Making of a God and I was hit by indirect Kirk/Spock feelings because I remembered this interview. And of course I had to make a gifset about it. :)

[jeannereames]

Well, that got through at least. :-)

And they took my advice to cast a dark-haired, Mediterranean-looking Hephaistion too.

(Edit to add, because I’ve been asked: I was the historical advisor to the series. No, they didn’t listen to everything I suggested, and I never saw costumes/sets, but they did take my advice on a few things, including the casting look for Hephaistion. And they kept the kiss.)

For more, read Dancing with the Lion. I pulled no punches there about their relationship. And he has a properly Greek nickname (as does Alexander).

[llitchilitchi]

missed using my colour pencils

[jules-of-the-black-forest]

Hephaistion: I am the most moderate, most peaceful man in this army.

Alexander: Just yesterday you threw a chair at Krateros.

Hephaistion: Which was a moderate, peaceful compromise for the table I was initially planning to throw at him.

Bagoas *holding ice to his face*: I just wish you would have hit him.

[marysmirages]

Spirits of ancient battles. Memories of Alexander the Great (2023/2024)

Gouache version of the work from 2017: https://www.tumblr.com/marysmirages/686070565494259712/spirits-of-ancient-battles-memories-of-alexander?source=share

[anxious-helianthus]

as insane of a quote as this is- does anyone know where it's from?

[dandelionfool]

doodling al'skander when i should be sleeping because i have not recovered from the effects of the persian boy

[my-chiliarch]

Found this in an old thread about Alexander and Hephaestion, and I died LOL

[attichoney4u]

Approximately 90% of the Ancient Greece 'fandom' into yaoi, while the rest 10% is into Yuri because of Sappho. Of that 90%, 80% is into it because of Alexander/Hephaistion, 7,5% because of Alcibiades/Socrates, 7,5% because of Kritias/Theramemes and the remaining 5% is just yelling in the void and is fighting a tooth and a nail for their rarepairs.

[capelin356]

Material Girl

Alexander and Hephaestion doodle