Hephaestion

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Alexander’s closest friend and confidant

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Jeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · Alexander the Great: The Complete Story ⚔️👑 | The Boy... · 9:12 · 16 Sep
…Friendships forged in that hothouse environment ran deep, and several of these companions, including a quiet, loyal young man named Hephaestion, who would become the closest friend of Alexander's entire life,…
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Dan CarlinDan Carlin's Hardcore History · Show 74 - Mania for Subjugation IV · 3:46:54 · 31 Jul
…I record this anecdote, it's the Hephaestion story I just talked about, not as necessarily true, though it's credible enough.…
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Dan CarlinDan Carlin's Hardcore History · Show 74 - Mania for Subjugation IV · 3:44:11 · 31 Jul
…If you imagine Batman and Robin, that's kind of Alexander and Hephaestion.…
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Professor Edmund RichardsonHistoryExtra podcast · Alexander the Great: life of the week · 42:23 · 15 Jun
…There was really the closest relationship of his life with……
UnknownBoring History for Sleep · Alexander the Great: More Dangerous Than You Were Told 🗡️... · 56:31 · 3 Jun
…Alexander as Achilles, Hephaestion as Patroclus.…
UnknownThe Ancients · Alexander the Great | Lord of Asia · 1:07:13 · 26 Feb
…I think he's in Ecbatana that his closest friend and……
Mark GagnonCamp Gagnon · The Conqueror Who Thought He Was A God | Alexander the Great · 31:57 · 18 Feb
…And then there was Hephaestion, Alexander's closest companion, literally his……
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