Bago'as
2. A favourite eunuch of Alexander the Great who first belonged to Dareius and afterwards fell into the hands of
Alexander.
He was a youth of remarkable beauty.
Alexander was passionately fond of him, and is said to have kissed him publicly in the theatre on one occasion. (
Curt. 6.5,
10.1;
Plut. Alex. 67;
Athen. 13.603b.)