I've seen him called bisexual in a lot of places and even exclusively gay in others but the most common citation I see is a couple of sources that say he "loved Hephaestion above all others." To me, this feels like a case of wishful thinking. My (very basic) understanding of ancient Greek homosexuality is that it wasn't really related to sexual orientation at all. Is there any firm evidence to suggest that Alexander was bisexual in our contemporary sense, rather than in the ancient Greek sense? Is there a general agreement in the academic community one way or the other?
EDIT: Apologies if this has been asked before but "Alexander the Great sexuality" and similar searches didn't turn anything up.
hi.. I dug up one for you, but there's room for more discussion here, both in terms of historical references, and in terms of assigning modern concepts to ancient societies