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| Demetrius I Poliocertes of Macedon |
(337-283 B.C.)
His lovers were:
1) Lamia.
" . . . [T]he auletris (that is, a flute-player) Lamia, allegedly the daughter of an Athenian citizen, was mistress to both Ptolemy I Soter and Demetrius Poliorcetes. Although much older, Lamia so mastered Demetrius with her charm that he immediately declared his exclusive devotion to her. To flatter Demetrius, the Athenians built a temple in honor of Lamia. She in turn is said to have built for the Sicyonians an art gallery that contained famous works of 4th-century masters. Lamia was also known for her quick and sophisticated with. Her surviving jokes blend coarse sexual double entendres with literary allusion." (Ditmore: 52)
2) Lenaea.
"Antipater very quickly found another politically expedient marriage for Phila---to Demetrius,the son of Antigonus, the governor of Asia... Demetrius was only eighteen when he married Phila, a woman of thirty, and Phila once again found herself married to a man of heroic beauty. Demetrius was so handsome that strangers followed him in the streets for the pleasure it gave them to see him... The sources all say that Phila deeply loved her husband, even though he was famous for his many lovers; his longest-standing mistress was Lamia, a woman as old as Phila. . . ." (Salisbury: 275)
2) Lenaea.
"Antipater very quickly found another politically expedient marriage for Phila---to Demetrius,the son of Antigonus, the governor of Asia... Demetrius was only eighteen when he married Phila, a woman of thirty, and Phila once again found herself married to a man of heroic beauty. Demetrius was so handsome that strangers followed him in the streets for the pleasure it gave them to see him... The sources all say that Phila deeply loved her husband, even though he was famous for his many lovers; his longest-standing mistress was Lamia, a woman as old as Phila. . . ." (Salisbury: 275)
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Philip II of Macedon |
King of Macedonia
359 BCE.
Son of: Amyntas III of Macedon.
Husband of:
1. Audata of Dardanian State (d.336), mar 359
4. Philinna
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Medallion with Olympias 215/243 @Walters Art Museum |
daughter of Neoptolemus of Epirus
7. Cleopatra Eurydice of Macedon, mar 338/337).
His lovers were:
2) Pammenes.
"Philip lived with Pammenes, a skilled general and close friend of the great Epaminondas, who was the victor of Leuctra (371 BCE) and regarded as the best tactician in all of Greece...." (Gabriel: 24)
His bodyguard
"According to the historian Cleitarchus, Pausanias had been a lover of Philip's, but became jealous when Philip turned his attention to a younger man, also called Pausanias. The elder Pausanias; taunting of the new lover caused the youth to commit suicide, which turned his friend Attalus against Pausanias. Attalus took revenge by inviting Pausanias to dinner, getting him drunk, and then sexually assaulting him. When Pausanias complained to Philip, the king felt unable to chastise Attalus, as he was about to send him to Asia with Parmenion...." (Stern, 2009, p. 363)
"Philip's assassin was a man named Pausanias, who according to some sources had been Philip's lover several years before. Philip had broken off the relationship and had turned to another lover...." (Cantor, 2007, p. 52) [Bio2]
4) Pausanias the Younger.
5) Pelopidas.
"...Philip also made the acquaintance of Pelopidas, the commander of the famous elite heavy infantry unit known as the Sacred Band and excellent cavalry general....(Gabriel, 2010, p. 24)
5) Pelopidas.
"...Philip also made the acquaintance of Pelopidas, the commander of the famous elite heavy infantry unit known as the Sacred Band and excellent cavalry general....(Gabriel, 2010, p. 24)
"As an adult, Philip conquered a great number of eunuchs and young men who were brought along during his military campaigns to service his generals and himself. The party ended, though, when Philip was assassinated by Pausanias, one of his bodyguards." (Stern: 363)
Effects on Lovers' Family, Other People and Society: "Every time Olympias found out that Philip had taken on a new mistress, she was furious. In addition to feeling betrayed, she felt neglected as he became totally involved with them, not only physically but emotionally as well, and spent many hours in conversation with them. She felt isolated with no one to talk to. She had no female friends so she was immersed in her loneliness." (Stamoulis)
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| Alexander the Great |
1) Bagoas.
Macedonian courtier.
" . . . According to Quintus Curtius, a Persian general who had served the defeated Darius presented Alexander with a peace offering at Hyrcania, namely a Persian boy named Bagoas, 'a eunuch of remarkable beauty and in the very flower of boyhood, who had been loved by Darius, and was afterwards to be loved by Alexander.' Later, Alexander met and married the Bactrian princess Roxana, but he seems to have kept Bagoas with him during his Indian campaign and even during the terrible march across the desert of Gedrosia. . . ." (Crompton: 76)
2) Barsine, Princess of Persia. (363-309).
[Bio2]
Daughter of: Artabazus, Satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia.
Wife of:
1. Mentor of Rhodes (d.342), a Greek mercenary
2. Memnon, Mentor's brother.
" . . . Plutarch tells us that Alexander 'did mot know any woman before he married other than Barsine,' the daughter of Artabazus, a Persian satrap (provincial governor) and resident at Philip's court whom Alexander had met when still a young man. Captured at Parmento at the battle of Issus (333 BC) and sent to Alexander, she became his mistress and even bore him a son, Heracles. . . ." (Gabriel: 30)
"Alexander was Barsine's third lover, and their affair may have been a grown-up continuation of a childhood friendship. However, there may have been political considerations, too; after 330, Alexander wanted to be recognized as king of Persia, and a Persian wife would surely improve the acceptance of his rule. At the same time, Barsine was not too foreign; she spoke Greek, which made her more attractive than other Persian women, who were, in Alexander's opinion, terrible eyesores." (Plutarch, Life of Alexander, 21.10 in livius.org)
"Alexander, esteeming it more kingly to govern himself than to conquer his enemies, sought no intimacy with any one of them, nor indeed with any other women before marriage, except Barsine, Memnon's widow, who was taken prisoner at Damascus. She had been instructed in the Greek learning, was of a gentle temper, and by her father, Artabazus, royally descended, with good qualities, added to the solicitations and encouragement of [Alexander's general] Parmenion, as Aristobolus tells us, made him the more willing to attach himself to so agreeable and illustrious woman" (Plutarch, Life of Alexander, 21, 7-9, livius.org)
"Alexander was Barsine's third lover, and their affair may have been a grown-up continuation of a childhood friendship. However, there may have been political considerations, too; after 330, Alexander wanted to be recognized as king of Persia, and a Persian wife would surely improve the acceptance of his rule. At the same time, Barsine was not too foreign; she spoke Greek, which made her more attractive than other Persian women, who were, in Alexander's opinion, terrible eyesores." (Plutarch, Life of Alexander, 21.10 in livius.org)
"Alexander, esteeming it more kingly to govern himself than to conquer his enemies, sought no intimacy with any one of them, nor indeed with any other women before marriage, except Barsine, Memnon's widow, who was taken prisoner at Damascus. She had been instructed in the Greek learning, was of a gentle temper, and by her father, Artabazus, royally descended, with good qualities, added to the solicitations and encouragement of [Alexander's general] Parmenion, as Aristobolus tells us, made him the more willing to attach himself to so agreeable and illustrious woman" (Plutarch, Life of Alexander, 21, 7-9, livius.org)
3) Campaspe.
" . . . Campaspe was Alexander's mistress. Her story is that when Apelles painted her, he fell so in love with her that Alexander gave her to the artist as payment for the painting. . . ." (Crawford: 207)
" . . . Campaspe was a concubine of Alexander and a prominent citizen of Larisa in Thessaly (Central Greece). According to Aelian she might have been the first woman with whom Alexander had sexual intercourse." (William-Powlett) [Ref1:Alexander's Lovers]
4) Hephaeston (357-324)
5) Hipparchia. (fl. 328 B. C.)
[Bio1:41-42]
6) Thais.
"A celebrated courtesan Corinth, mistress of Alexander the Great, who persuaded him to set Persepolis on fire, in revenge for the injuries Xerxes had inflicted on her native city ; and who incited the conqueror, when intoxicated, to throw the first torch himself. She afterwards became the mistress and finally the wife of Ptolemy, king of Egypt. Menander celebrated her charms, on which account she is called Menandrea." (Hale: 61).
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