hounds of love

16th c. gold posy ring inscribed with Roman capitals in French and separated by engravings of flowers, foliage and stars.

after Hephaestion died, he spent maybe 1.5 billion dollars on his funeral which is a conservative estimate 

spent all night weeping over the body until they dragged him away

extinguished a light only reserved to signify the death of the king (i.e. himself, Alexander the Great)

went to the oracle and petitioned to have Hephaestion granted the status of a god but was denied

nine months later, was still planning expensive monuments dedicated to his pal, except then he died, so what can you do

people say the only thing that ever defeated Alexander the Great was Hephaestion’s thighs

there’s so much more

Collective Invention 1934