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Beloved and God : the story of Hadrian and Antinous

In October AD 130 a young man drowned mysteriously in the Nile. Within a few days he had become a god - the last god of the ancient world - and soon his cult rivalled Christianity. His name was Antinous, beloved of Hadrian and this book examines the mystery of his life and death.
Print Book, English, 1997, ©1984
Phoenix Giants, London, 1997, ©1984
Biographies
xix, 298 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
9781857999440, 1857999444
41306341
Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1984