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Beloved and God : the story of Hadrian and Antinous

Print Book, English, 1984
1st American ed View all formats and editions
Viking, New York, NY, 1984
Biography
xix, 298 pages, [32] pages plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
9780670157082, 0670157082
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I. Scandal of the centuries
II. Antinous, the young Greek, c. 110-23
III. Hadrian, the Roman Emperor, 76-123
IV. Traces in time
V. Rise to imperial favorite, 123-8
VI. Pederasty in the imperial age
VII. Hadrian and Antinous
VIII. 'A brilliant light', Greece and the east, 128-30
IX. 'Clouds behind the sun', Egypt, August-October 130
X. Death in the Nile, October 130
XI. Life eternal, 130-31
XII. The secret of the tomb
XIII. The bitter end of Hadrian, 131-8
XIV. The new god
XV. 'A belief in Antinous': the cult
XVI. The rise and fall of Antinoopolis
XVII. 'The crown and the glory of sculpture'
Conclusion
Appendix one: The sculptures of Antinous
Appendix two: The coins and gems