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Bagoas - the powerful eunuch - NEW!

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Eunuch Bagoas, beloved of Alexander the Great, who was not only the most beautiful and charming person of this time, but he was also a powerful courtier who had his own spies (Quintus Curtius Rufus describes the case of the execution of Orxines), he was engaged in judicial affairs and intelligence. These duties were common to palace eunuchs in almost all ancient cultures.
It is a mistake to consider eunuchs simply servants in harems (in fact, a very small part served in harems, most of the eunuchs had nothing to do with harems) or weak-willed lovers of powerful men. Eunuchs were themselves powerful courtiers, they were engaged in administrative and military affairs, often, took power into their own hands and became "shadow rulers". Curtius, through the mouth of Orxines, calls Bagoas "the ruler of Asia", emphasizing his high role during the reign of Alexander.