Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous |
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After his death in 138 there was always a thin stream of pagan criticism of the apotheosis . But it was the Christians who kept the scandal burning , stoking the flames with new explosive ingredients . Timidly under Hadrian himself and ...
After his death in 138 there was always a thin stream of pagan criticism of the apotheosis . But it was the Christians who kept the scandal burning , stoking the flames with new explosive ingredients . Timidly under Hadrian himself and ...
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Among the contemporary pagan writers , Arrian , if his tribute to Achilles and Patroclus in his report of c . 134 to Hadrian on the Black Sea voyage is indeed a flattering analogy with the Antinous affair , clearly sets it in the ...
Among the contemporary pagan writers , Arrian , if his tribute to Achilles and Patroclus in his report of c . 134 to Hadrian on the Black Sea voyage is indeed a flattering analogy with the Antinous affair , clearly sets it in the ...
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This new god satisfied some deep cravings within many people at the end of paganism . From the start , Antinous took fire in their hearts , hopes and convictions , and faith in him as a divinity or daemon flourished of its own accord ...
This new god satisfied some deep cravings within many people at the end of paganism . From the start , Antinous took fire in their hearts , hopes and convictions , and faith in him as a divinity or daemon flourished of its own accord ...
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Scandal of the centuries | 1 |
Antinous the young Greek c 11023 | 15 |
Hadrian the Roman Emperor 76123 | 33 |
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