Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous |
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Religion excited a fervour , elsewhere generally reserved for politics , the circus or rhetoric . ... Little wonder then that Egypt was to leave a profound impression on Hadrian's religious susceptibilities and imagination – almost as ...
Religion excited a fervour , elsewhere generally reserved for politics , the circus or rhetoric . ... Little wonder then that Egypt was to leave a profound impression on Hadrian's religious susceptibilities and imagination – almost as ...
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The whole Greek world was coming together in religious harmony and exultation around its ancient supreme god and his modern representative . In this euphoric atmosphere , Hadrian decided to go further and to realise the aims of ...
The whole Greek world was coming together in religious harmony and exultation around its ancient supreme god and his modern representative . In this euphoric atmosphere , Hadrian decided to go further and to realise the aims of ...
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If we look at 19 statues of Antinous , which are colossal and which must often therefore have had a public or religious function , ten ( or twelve if we include the controversial Vertumni from Ostia ) were found on Italian soil ...
If we look at 19 statues of Antinous , which are colossal and which must often therefore have had a public or religious function , ten ( or twelve if we include the controversial Vertumni from Ostia ) were found on Italian soil ...
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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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