Antinous
Lover of Roman emperor Hadrian
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TurkeyA Greek youth who drowned in the Nile in 130 and was transformed by imperial grief into a god. Hadrian's lover became the Roman Empire's most popular cult of a deified mortal, with cities, games, and temples rising in his name.
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Antinous was born around 111 in Claudiopolis, Bithynia, and likely met Hadrian in 123 before being brought to Italy for education. By 128 he had become the emperor's favourite, traveling in Hadrian's retinue through the empire — attending the Eleusinian Mysteries in Athens, present when Hadrian killed the Marousian lion in Libya. In October 130, while sailing the Nile, Antinous died under circumstances never clarified: accident, sacrifice, or suicide, no one could say. Hadrian's response was immediate and vast. He deified the youth, founded the city of Antinoöpolis at the death site as a cente…
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