Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous |
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He probably sent letters , like the one referred to in a document from Athens , telling about the new hero and requesting divine honours , and , later , religious ceremonies and cult statues for him . Though a few Greeks may have been ...
He probably sent letters , like the one referred to in a document from Athens , telling about the new hero and requesting divine honours , and , later , religious ceremonies and cult statues for him . Though a few Greeks may have been ...
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Even at its remotest extremity Hellenic civilisation was not to be tainted by the barbarism it confronted . Travelling eastwards along the Euxine coast via Amisos , Hadrian most probably stopped at the town of Bithynion .
Even at its remotest extremity Hellenic civilisation was not to be tainted by the barbarism it confronted . Travelling eastwards along the Euxine coast via Amisos , Hadrian most probably stopped at the town of Bithynion .
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He probably realised that the fragile balance he had created in the Empire would pass with himself . Deliberately , too , in Rome he promoted the cult of Antinous . It is sometimes said that Rome was hostile to the new god , but this is ...
He probably realised that the fragile balance he had created in the Empire would pass with himself . Deliberately , too , in Rome he promoted the cult of Antinous . It is sometimes said that Rome was hostile to the new god , but this is ...
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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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