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Alexander/Hephaistion (view source)
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===Portrayed in Star Trek===
===Portrayed in Star Trek===
[[Gene Roddenberry]] himself saw a Alexander/Hephaistion element to [[Kirk/Spock]]. From [[Shatner: Where No Man...]], Chapter 6 - The Man Who Invented a Universe: {{Quotation|
Roddenberry, the common ground. Page 145 -- "... As I've said, I definitely designed it (the Kirk-Spock relationship) as a love relationship......Also, dramatically, I designed Kirk and Spock to complete each other" GR. Page 147-148 -- "There's a great deal of writing in the Star Trek movement now which compares the relationship between [[Alexander/Hephaestion|Alexander and Hephaistion]] to the relationship between Kirk and Spock....." authors. "Yes," Gene says. "There's certainly some of that with - certainly with love overtones. Deep love. The only difference being, the Greek ideal - we never suggested it in the series - physical love between the two. But it's the - we certainly had the feeling the affection was sufficient for that, if that were the particular style in the 23rd Century." (He looks thoughtful.) "That's very interesting. I never thought of that before." </ref> }}
This [[pairing]] is often used and referenced in Kirk and Spock fiction and art, both [[m/m]] and [[gen]]. From a 1976 letter by Beverly C in ''[[The Halkan Council]]'' #22:
This [[pairing]] is often used and referenced in Kirk and Spock fiction and art, both [[m/m]] and [[gen]]. From a 1976 letter by Beverly C in ''[[The Halkan Council]]'' #22:
{{Quotation|True, Kirk insists on the dominant part in everything, friendship and love as well as career; this is not unprecedented, nor is it impossible for such a man to find a lasting relationship. Take the case of Alexander, which is an excellent parallel. Alexander the Great was also a dynamic leader, who settled for nothing less than the top position, yet he managed to maintain for nearly twenty years a love relationship - with Hephaistion, one of his chief generals. The parallel is so good because the similarity between Spock and Kirk is so apparent, Spock is a man content to remain in his present position, Hephaistion was also a capable, intelligent man who preferred to remain subordinate to Alexander - as long as he could be near Alexander. Yet he was not passive or "feminine" any more than Spock is. As [[Gerry Downes|Gerry]] points out, Spock is as masculine and strong as Kirk is; it is reflected in different ways, part temperamental, part cultural.<ref>Beverly C., quoted in [[The Halkan Council/Issues 20-27#Issue 22 (September 1976)|The Halkan Council 22]], September 1976.</ref>}}
{{Quotation|True, Kirk insists on the dominant part in everything, friendship and love as well as career; this is not unprecedented, nor is it impossible for such a man to find a lasting relationship. Take the case of Alexander, which is an excellent parallel. Alexander the Great was also a dynamic leader, who settled for nothing less than the top position, yet he managed to maintain for nearly twenty years a love relationship - with Hephaistion, one of his chief generals. The parallel is so good because the similarity between Spock and Kirk is so apparent, Spock is a man content to remain in his present position, Hephaistion was also a capable, intelligent man who preferred to remain subordinate to Alexander - as long as he could be near Alexander. Yet he was not passive or "feminine" any more than Spock is. As [[Gerry Downes|Gerry]] points out, Spock is as masculine and strong as Kirk is; it is reflected in different ways, part temperamental, part cultural.<ref>Beverly C., quoted in [[The Halkan Council/Issues 20-27#Issue 22 (September 1976)|The Halkan Council 22]], September 1976.</ref>}}