Alexander The Great's Sex Life
The Ancients
History Hit
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
This episode contains references and words of a sexual nature.
Did Alexander the Great and the Queen of the Amazons really have sex for 13 days solid? What do we know about his male lovers? And how did his sex life stand up to that of his dad’s?
Today, the guest is our very own Tristan Hughes, interviewed by Kate Lister, host of the History Hit podcast Betwixt The Sheets.
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| 0:00.0 | It's the entrance on History Hit. |
| 0:13.5 | I'm Tristan Hughes, your host, and in today's episode we're back talking about the big |
| 0:18.8 | man that is Alexander the Great. |
| 0:22.7 | And today we're talking all about Alexander's sex life. |
| 0:26.6 | What do we know about his sex life? |
| 0:28.0 | What do the sources say about his wives, his other sexual partners, and the fantastical |
| 0:34.1 | stories that emerge around Alexander's sex life in later history, particularly fascinating. |
| 0:42.0 | 13 day sex marathon with a queen of the amissons. |
| 0:46.7 | You'll hear more about that, Lacer. |
| 0:48.5 | It's a fascinating story. |
| 0:51.0 | Well in this episode, I and the interviewee, because we've borrowed this episode from |
| 0:56.0 | our sister, podcast, but twixed the sheets with brilliant host Kate Lister. |
| 1:02.3 | Now I must mention and give fair warning that naturally with this topic, themes of a sexual |
| 1:07.5 | nature do come up again and again in today's episode. |
| 1:11.3 | There are some prickly topics mentioned too, so it might not be for everyone's listening. |
| 1:16.9 | But if this has intrigued you and now you're keener more than ever to listen to this episode, |
| 1:21.2 | well, I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:35.7 | So hello and welcome to Patwix the Sheets. |
| 1:38.4 | It's only flippin Tristan Hughes. |
| 1:40.8 | How are you? |
| 1:41.8 | Oh hello Kate. |
| 1:42.8 | Long time coming and I'm so looking forward to this. |
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