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A new Netflix doco shows Alexander the Great as queer, and some viewers aren’t happy. An expert weighs in

  • Written by: Charlotte Dunn, Lecturer in Classics, University of Tasmania
A new Netflix doco shows Alexander the Great as queer, and some viewers aren’t happy. An expert weighs inWikimedia/Johann Heinrich Tischbein, oil painting (1781)

You might be surprised to learn the sex life of a long-dead conqueror is making headlines in 2024. Netflix documentary Alexander the Great: The Making of a God has provoked outrage for its portrayal of Alexander in a romantic relationship with his male companion Hephaestion.

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