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Mentioned as a book where Bagoas (a eunuch associated with Alexander the Great) is the hero and narrator. Described as part of Mary Renault's 'great trilogy about Alexander.' The transcript appears to have transcribed the author's name as 'Mary Reynolds' but this is the well-known historical novel by Mary Renault.

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Referenced as a source for a story about Alexander the Great and Bagoas at a celebration after returning from India. The speaker quotes Plutarch's account of Alexander embracing Bagoas 'tenderly.'

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Described as 'a Roman writer' who 'writes centuries after the event' about Alexander the Great. Referenced for his unflattering portrait of Bagoas as 'cunning' and 'feline.'

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Described as 'a Palestinian bishop in the early fourth century, a biographer of Constantine, the great author of the first history of the Christian church.' Referenced as the source for the claim that Origen castrated himself.