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Thus, Hadrian's decision to declare Antinous a god and create a formal cult devoted to him was highly unusual, [93] and he did so without the permission of the Roman Senate. [94] The Emperor was criticised for his immense grief at Antinous's death, [11] [93] especially considering that he had delayed the apotheosis of his own sister Paulina ...
Antinous was the Greek lover to the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century CE. [5] Often referenced to as Hadrian's favorite, [2] [4] or more affectionately Hadrian's boyfriend, [5] Antinous was born a slave in Bithynium 110 CE and is speculated to have drowned in the river Nile before his twentieth birthday in 130 CE. [6]
Gus Van Sant Boards Psychosexual Thriller ‘Antinous,’ Modern-Day Take on the Life of Emperor Hadrian’s Lover (EXCLUSIVE) Leo Barraclough. January 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM.
Emperor Domitian. Both Martial and Statius in a number of poems celebrate the freedman Earinus, a eunuch, and his devotion to the emperor Domitian. [123] Statius goes as far as to describe this relationship as a marriage (3.4). In the erotic elegies of Tibullus, the delicatus Marathus wears lavish and expensive clothing. [127]
Hadrian (/ ˈ h eɪ d r i ən / HAY-dree-ən; Latin: Publius Aelius Hadrianus [(h)adriˈjaːnus]; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian was born in Italica, close to modern Seville in Spain, an Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his branch of the Aelia gens, the Aeli Hadriani, came from the town of Hadria in eastern Italy.
Hadrian was unique however in making his love "official" in a way that no other emperor had before him. [2] Hadrian had an openly sexual relationship with a beautiful youth, Antinous . When Antinous drowned in AD 130, Hadrian made Antinous into a god, publicly commemorated him across the empire, created a city Antinopolis in his name and ...
Stricken by the death of Antinous, Hadrian, who was an admirer and a passionate devotee of classical Greek Antiquity, and also a patron of the Oracle of Delphi, gave orders that statues of the beautiful young man, whom he had loved so passionately, should be erected in all sanctuaries and cities of his vast empire. Furthermore he decreed the ...
[Memoirs of Hadrian] The book takes the form of a letter to Hadrian's adoptive grandson and eventual successor “Mark". The emperor meditates on military triumphs, love of poetry and music, philosophy, and his passion for his lover Antinous. 1951: Parents' Day [13] [14] Paul Goodman: US