Hadrian and Antinous (TRIH ep 340)
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Hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook discuss the life, death and posthumous cult of Antinous, the exceptionally beautiful young Greek associated with Emperor Hadrian. They outline Antinous’s origins in Bithynia, his education and travels with Hadrian, and the circumstances of his drowning on the Nile during the festival of Osiris around 130 CE. The episode examines Roman and Greek sexual norms, the role of delicati and eunuchs, and why Antinous’s Greek identity and mythic resonances (Ganym...
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