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

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par Charlotte Dunn, Lecturer in Classics, University of Tasmania

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.

Alexander the Great (356–323BC) spent his short life undertaking an enormous military campaign. He defeated the Persian king Darius…

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