In my view, Alexander had genuine love for these people:
1. Olympia and Cleopatra: Alexander loved his mother and his only sister above anything else. They were family. Period.
2. Hephaestian: He was the best friend of Alexander. He had been brought up with Alexander and new all his secrets. Friendship is compared to that between Achilles and Patroclus. Alexander considered his more than a friend- a brother. When Alexander married Stateira 2(Barsine), he had Haphestian marry her sister Drypetis. This shows the high esteem in which Alexander held him, bringing him into the royal family itself.
And it was Haphestian's sudden death, that may have accelerated Alexander's illness and death as well. It had profound effect upon Alexander. Alexander's grief was uncontrollable. He ordered many signs of mourning, notably that the manes and tails of all horses should be shorn, the demolition of the battlements of the neighbouring cities and the banning of flutes and every other kind of music. He
He lay stretched upon his corpse all day and the whole night without eating. He the shrine of Asclepios . On the day of the funeral, he gave orders that the sacred flame in the temples should be extinguished. Normally, this was only done on the death of the Great King himself.
3. Bucephalus: This horse was Alexander's faithful companion in his world conquering quest and died saving Alexander's life in the battle of Hydaspades.
4. Roxanne: Alexander madly fell in love with her and went against his own people's wishes by marrying her, after the the seize of the Sogdian Rock.
5. Barsine(Memnon's widow): Former wife of Darius' Greek General Memnon. Alexander's lover and mistress after she was captured in the battle of Issus. She bore Alexander a son named Herakles.
6. Campaspe: Citizen of Larisa in Thessaly. She may have been a mistress of Alexander between 340-336 BC. She was the first girl with whom Alexander is said to be intimate and lost his virginity.
Other people for whom Alexander had great respect both for genuine reasons as well as political reasons:
1. Aristotle: Alexander greatly respected his teacher and mentor-the best teacher in the world.
2. Sisygambis: She considered Alexander as his son and Alexander called her mother. She refused to attend her own son Darius' funeral. But she starved herself to death in grief after Alexander's death.
3. Ada of Caria: She also considered Alexander as her son.
4. Barsine: Stateira II. Darius' daughter. Alexander married her in Susa weddings in 324 BC to strengthen his hold on the Persian nobles. He cared for her after the battle of Issus in 333 BC as he allowed the Persian Royal family to live peacefully in their palaces.
5. Cleitus: He saved the life Alexander in the battle of Granicus. Alexander respected him for that. Because of this, although Alexander was systemically killing off King Philip II generation to keep his generation in power, he did not want to harm Cleitus. But he killed him in a drunken brawl, when he insulted him by saying that his father was better than him and also insulted his bloodline and mother.
Edited by prithvisky - 7 years ago
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