Alexander the Great's Gay Depiction on Netflix Sparks Conservative Fury
Netflix over its depiction of Alexander the Great as a bisexual man.Alexander: The Making of a God charts the rise to power of the ruler of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, charts how he acquired one of the largest empires in history, spanning from Greece to northwestern India, and also takes an intimate look at his rumored love life.Released on January 31, the six-part docuseries features historians and dramatic reenactments of Alexander's life and has been one of the top 10 viewed series on Netflix since its debut, according to FlixPatrol.Early on in the first episode Alexander (Buck Braithwaite) is seen kissing his good friend and possible lover, Hephaestion (Will Stevens)."Hephaestion really was not just a cherished companion, but perhaps [Alexander's] greatest love," Dr.
Salima Ikram of the American University of Cairo says in the series.Another historian argued that sexual orientation was defined very differently in Ancient Greece, if at all."Same-sex relationships were quite the norm throughout the Greek world," Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones of Cardiff University in Wales says in the first episode. "The Greeks did not have a word for homosexuality, or to be gay.
It just wasn't in their vocabulary whatsoever. There was just being sexual."But that was not enough to convince conservatives who got mad at the thought Alexander might have had sex with men."Netflix made a new documentary about Alexander The Great.
Within the first 8 minutes, they turned him gay," complained the End Wokeness account on X, formerly Twitter.Netflix made a new documentary about Alexander The Great.
