The women who surrounded Alexander the Great and who played an important role in his life are rarely discussed. Olympias, his mother, his wives Roxana, Barsine, Statira, his wet nurse Lanice, the Persian queen Sisyngambris, among many others. Women who loved or were loved by the young king, with whom he had important emotional ties and, at other times, who served as a pretext or political strategy for the union between different peoples or ethnic groups.

Arrian of Nicomedia (1rst-2nd century AD)

• Arrian_Barsine-Stateira
• Arrian_Lanice
• Arriann_Olympias
• Arrian_Roxana

Diodorus Siculus (1rst century BC)

• Diodorus Siculus_Ada of Caria
• Diodorus Siculus_Sisyngambris

Justin (2nd century AD)

• Justin_Olympias

Plutarch (1rst-2nd century AD)

• Plutarch_Ada of Caria
• Plutarch_Barsine-Stateira(a)
• Plutarch_Barsine-Stateira(b)
• Plutarch_Olympias(a)
• Plutarch_Olympias(b)
• Plutarch_Roxana

Quintus Curtius Rufus (1rst century AD)

• Quintus Curtius Rufus_Lanice
• Quintus Curtius Rufus_Roxana

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Anaxagoras_Sexuality

Empedocles_Sexuality

Parmenides_Sexuality

Thales_Sexuality

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Image: George Rennie, “Cupid and Hymen”, 1831, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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