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Antinous

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Antinous (lived 2nd century)

Favourite of Roman emperor Hadrian. He accompanied the emperor on his travels and drowned in the River Nile. Hadrian then decreed him a god, instituted festivals and founded the city of Antinoopolis, near the site of his death, in his honour.



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WHILE bathing, Antinous was seen by Minerva, who was so enamoured of his beauty that, all armed as she happened to be, she descended from Olympus to woo him; but, unluckily displaying her shield, with the head of Medusa on it, she had the unhappiness to see the beautiful mortal turn to stone from catching a glimpse of it.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes, said, "The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as your father was before you.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
He was still her Antinous, her Apollo even; his sickly face was beautiful as the morning to her affectionate regard on this day no less than when she first beheld him; for was it not the face of the one man on earth who had loved her purely, and who had believed in her as pure!
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
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