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Mireya 2022-04-20 09:01:39

— Did Patroclus doubt Achilles when they stood side by side at the siege of Troy?
— Patroclus died first.
— If you do…if you were to fall, Hephaistion, even if Macedonia were to lose a king…I will arrange you. And follow you down to the House of death.
— I would do the same.
— On the Eve of battle, it's hardest to be alone.
— Then, perhaps…perhaps this is farewell then.
...my, Alexander.
— Fear not, Hephaistion. We are at the beginning.

It was said later that Alexander was never defeated except by Hephaistion's thighs.

— I'm sure you remember Achilles from Tale of Troy.
— He's my favorite.
— Why?
— Because he loved Patroclus and avenged his death.
Because he lived without fear, and slew Hector.

— You are not wrong, Princess Stateira. He, too, is Alexander.

— Stay with me tonight, Hephaistion.
— I'll take my own bath, thank you, Bagoas.
— What is being told me? What's destiny do we-do I have?
— Well, if I'm Patroclus, I die first. Then you, Achilles.
— When I was a child, my mother thought me divine. My father, weak. Which am I, Hephaistion? Weak or divine?
All I know is...I trust only you in this world. I've missed you. I need you. It's you I love, Hephaistion. No other.
— You are everything I care for… and by the sweet breath of Aphrodite…I’m so jealous of losing you to this world you want but me.
— You will never lose me, Hephaistion. I'll be with you always. Till the end.

— I found it… in Egypt. The man who sold it to me said it came from a time when men worshiped sun and stars…I'll always think of you as the sun, Alexander, and I pray your dream will shine on all the men.I wish you a son! …You're a great man. Many will love you, Alexander, but none so pure and deep…

— You, love him?
— He is Hephaistion.
— Your…boy?
— There are many different ways to love, Roxane.

— A king must make public gestures for the common people. I know, but you will be 19 this summer… and the girls already say you don't like them, you like Hephaistion more.
I understand. It's natural for a young man. But if you go to Asia without living your successor, you risk all!
— Hephaistion loves me, as I am… not who.

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Alexander quotes

  • Olympias: Three months you have been in Babylon, and leave me at the mercy of your enemies, of which you have many. Antipater: accustomed now to the power that you have given him. I must watch him grow stronger. I am certain that he communicates secretly with Parmenion, who is dangerous. But beware most of all of those closest to you. They are like snakes, and can be turned. Cassander is Antipater's son. Even Cleitus, your father's favorite. And Ptolmey. Your friend, yes, but beware of men who think too much. They blind themselves. Only Hephastion do I leave out. But all of them you make rich, while your mother and yourself you leave in generous poverty. Why won't you ever believe me? It is only a dark mind like mine that can know these secrets of the heart. For they are dark, Alexander. So dark. But in you, the son of Zeus, lies the light of the world. Your companions will be shadows in the underworld when you are a name living forever in history as the most glorious, shining light of youth. Forever young, forever inspiring. Never will there be an Alexander like you, Alexander the Great.

  • Philip: [to Young Alexander] A king isn't born, Alexander, he is made. By steel and by suffering. A king must know how to hurt those he loves. It's lonely. Ask anyone. Ask Heracles. Ask any of them. Fate is cruel. No man or woman can be too powerful or too beautiful without disaster befalling. They laugh when you rise too high. And they crush everything you've built with a whim. What glory they give in the end, they take away. They make of us slaves.