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“Alexander was only defeated once, the Cynic philosophers said long after his death, and that was by Hephaestion's thighs.” - Usually this is understood to refer to them as lovers, but could 'thighs' simply refer to their wrestling bouts as children?

by /u/shallowblue in /r/AskHistorians

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