The most famous gay doubles of antiquity …
… probably only platonic friends had really only platonic friends. Has Alexander the Great and his close advisor and Bodyguard Hefestian actually shared a bed, this is a case that divides opinion among historians on this day. What is undisputed is that during the lifetime of Alexander in the 4th century BC-Sex-sex relationships were not uncommon. So there is historical evidence that Alexander and Hefacians together on the great campaigns of Macedonian King together.
Writing from the claim of ancient historian states that Alexander condoled his friend’s death so deeply that he posthumously declared him a demegode, now did not allow the festival in the entire empire, an entire tribe is a sheer and sorrow : Took out of the b and it was and was. had have.
Cleopatra and Caesar: Love affair and political alliance
The year is 48 BC which is a power struggle between Cleopatra and her brother in ancient Egypt – and husband – Tolemy burst into a bitter citizen. Demanding support from Rome, Cleopatra tried to ensure the local general, Julius Caesar with her charm and beauty. Caesar takes the bait: In addition to a contact with the most beautiful and powerful woman of antiquity, she can expect even more power, as a Roman coalition with Agoveland allows her to maintain her position in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. .
With his forces, he ends the civil war in Egypt in favor of Cleopatra. Tolemy suffers from a convenient fatal accident. Caesar proceeds to live with Cleopatra in Rome, where her close relationship with a foreign queen causes a movement. Nevertheless, many Roman recognize the political benefits of the relationship – which ends with the murder of Caesar in 44 BC. Cleopatra then started another love affair in Rome, not a low politically explosive, but this is another story.
Hellois and Abellad: Middle Ages dazzling lover
12th century: 40 -year -old Peter Abbellard is considered the most intelligent scholar throughout Europe; 18 -year -old Hellois is the most beautiful young woman in Paris. Abellard wants to win over young beauty, but she has to get her uncle and protector, Canon Fulbert. So he gives private tuition to Hellois. Abbellad not only teaches Hellois the arts of science, but therefore the art of love – and Hellois have made great progress that Ebellad tells its other students about it. Soon all of Paris know about it – and Fulbert is final to find out.
When Fulbert’s anger decreases, he and Abbellard interact on a deal: an immediate marriage with Hellois. Marriage is secret, as the role of a husband will damage Abellad’s reputation as a star among the Middle Ages scholars, as is Hellois. When Fulbert goes back to his promise and makes his merge public, the exposed Abellad sends Hellois to a convent. Fulbert is once again furious, seizing it as an attempt by Abellad to avoid marriage obligations. Hey sinful professor cast. Abellad runs near Abe and bites a monk; Hellois is left with very little option but now to be. However, separating from distance and religious vows, both are intimately connected to the rest of their lives.
Anne Bolen and Henry VIII: Love on Chopping Block
1527: King Henry VIII of England is married to Catherine of Aragon. But he is yet to bear Henry to bear a son and the king who now finds her young female-in-wetting Anne Bolen more attractive. Hey with the letter of love, but Anne makes him clear that she will not have sex before margin. Henry is so obsessed with him that he abandons the novel Catholic Church so that he can divorce Catherine and marry Anne. But that marriage is therefore failed to produce a male heir for the throne. The couple was estimated and Henry was told that Anne’s affair. Hey, his former mistress imprisoned in a tower in London.
He is found guilty of high treason and executed on the morning of May 19, 1536. Thousands of people see Annie Bolein with a sword. Henry is not among the audience. He marries four more times – and his fifth wife is for adultery.
Shah Jahan and Mutz Mahal: a monumental love
It was at first sight in 1607 when 15 -year -old Rajkumar Khurram, later India’s great Mogul Shahjan, and 14 -year -old Arjumand Banu Begum meet. Five years later, they are married. Since then, Arjumand is called “Mumaz Mahal” – The Jewel of the Palace – and Shahjjan’s favorite wife. Death.
Widhur, whose beard turns white overnight, is the tomb built in India, India – it was the best building in human history. To date, the Taj Mahal bright test shines in white marble.
Gurtrude Stein and Ellis B. Toklas: Power Couple Perisian Boheme
The Parisian Avant-Guard’s Krem de la Crame Jewish meets at the American Gartud Stein’s salon. Stone has money and has a writer and art collector with deep nose for trends. On the walls of her salon hang pictures by painters such as Gaguin, Picasso and Delakroex, which are often guests with writers such as Ernest Hemingway and TS Elott. A woman, the great love of Gartrude, goes away in the background: author Ellis B. Toklas.
In 1907, both women fell in love. But Alice is not only a lover of the underrtood, he is his cook, secretary, museum, editor and critic – and they live together for about 40 years until Gartrood’s death in 1946. Alice prepares their outline until 21. Year. He is buried next to Gartrud in Paris, his name is inscribed in gold letters behind stein’s gravity.
Bonnie and Clide: outlave lover
Bonnie Parker (1910–1934) and Clide Bairo (1909–1934) meet in Texas in 1930. Both grew up in poverty and they share a better life dream. Clides were already committing crimes, and when they are sentenced to two years in jail, their romance is interrupted. But Boney waits for her, and when the clide is released, they involve stores, gas stations and banks in many states, always manage to avoid arrest.
Newspapers print photos of two lovebirds with weapons, and they are celebrated as an anti-rebel hero in depression-e-a-AA. But public sympathy occurs when the couple starts killing people. His love story comes to a violent and fierce end when he is lured in 1934. For sixteen seconds, the police set their car on fire, and die and the clides die, dozens of bullets were filled with bullets.
Maria Calus and Aristotle Onasis: (Self-) Destruction of a Diva
Maria Calus is at the height of her career as an opera star and is still married when she faces Aristotle Onasis, a rich shipping magnet that is so married. Both meet at a glamorous high society party on the luxury boat of Onasis, and start an emotional relationship. Onasis offers calls with expensive gifts and is crazy about her. Their marriage ends in both divorces.
Calus is expected to marry Onasis, but she is not in a hurry to tie with the knot. Their relationship becomes rapidly toxic. She performs only when she wants her. His passion with him affects his voice; She becomes uncertain and flops in concerts. While destroying her opera career, she clings to it – and she further removes it. When he meets President widow Jacqueline Kennedy and marries her, Calus can only be seen helplessly. Although Onasis and Calus are still found from time to time, their relationship is ruined as the voice of Maria Calus.
Gudrun Enslin and Andreas Budder: Jab Jab Death Do US Part
In Berlin, students meet Gudrun Enslin and Andreas Budder in 1967 during the protest. Both are active in the “Additional Parliamentary Opposition” -A groups, which do not represent by parties in Bundestag and in 1968, Baader and ENSSLIN have committed their first crime together. Store.
With Ulrike Meinhof, he became the head of the Baader-Meinhof Group, which was first responsible for the terrorist attacks by the Red Army faction (RAF), which shook Germany into the core in the 1970s. Baader and ENSSLIN are arrested in 1972, followed by a long testing, which is widely covered in the media. In October 1977, both are found dead in their cells. The circumstances of his deaths are not clear till date.
This article was original in German.
