🎧 Alexander The Great's Sex Life
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This episode contains references and words of a sexual nature.
Did Alexander the Great and the Queen of the Amazons really have sex for 13 days solid? What do we know about his male lovers? And how did his sex life stand up to that of his dad’s?
Today, the guest is our very own Tristan Hughes, interviewed by Kate Lister, host of the History Hit podcast Betwixt The Sheets.
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Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Sophie Gee and Joseph Knight.
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