#hephaestion

[anamnesus]

Yappers

Alexander conquered Persia as Achilles’ heir. And by his side was Hephaestion, his Patroclus, who understood the full shape of his soul. Together they were unstoppable. Was that the battle with the horse? No— Henry, you’re missing the point. They’re like us. What? Me as Alexander and you as Hephaestion? HA! If we are assigning roles with any fairness, I would be Alexander. If you say so… Who was Achilles? Oh, my dear country yokel… So, Achilles was a fearsome warrior. His mother was a nymph who dipped him in the River Styx when he was born...

[starweaverblog]

Alexander the Great ✨ and his people

[isabellaofparma]

Besides, you'll be by my side, right? Till the bitter end.

Alexander the Great and Hephaestion in Alexander: The Making of a God (2024)

[itkitay]

Hephaestion and Alexander

[hephaestn]

ALEXANDER (2004, dir. Oliver Stone)

[artandbeauty71]

"There are men who seem to be born to be the reverse, the obverse, the wrong side. They are Pollux, Patrocles, Nisus, Eudamidas, Ephestion, Pechmeja. They only exist on condition that they are backed up with another man; their name is a sequel, and is only written preceded by the conjunction and; and their existence is not their own; it is the other side of an existence which is not theirs. Grantaire was one of these men. He was the obverse of Enjolras. One might almost say that affinities begin with the letters of the alphabet. In the series O and P are inseparable. You can, at will, pronounce O and P or Orestes and Pylades."

Victor Hugo, Les Misérables.

[llitchilitchi]

Late night visitor

a short comic I drew up last spring

[k-wame]

ALEXANDER (2004) | dir. Oliver Stone