Ehhh. I’m not so sure. Alexander’s “guard” his agēma, his hetairoi (companions) were all friends, who rode and fought with him. I always pictured them more as a pack of bros egging each other on. His somatophylakes (knights of the body) May have been partly political appointmentshttps://twitter.com/ammochihuahua/status/1242435683521720320 …
For sure w/ the younger - e.g. Alexander's argument with Cleitus the Black. The older ones were Philip's men - I'd expect the grim resignation of men who had known him since he was a boy. ::Sigh:: "There he goes again"
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Damn. Now I want to read *this* book.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Beyond just this, being “hetairos” of the king could be symbolic status while some of Alexander’s Somatophylakes were among his closest childhood companions and at other times the agema is referred to as the Somatophylakes.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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