Antinous

American  

[an-tin-oh-uhs] / ænˈtɪn oʊ əs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. the chief suitor of Penelope, killed by Odysseus upon his return from Troy.

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Example Sentences

Antinous is presented as the dominant partner, as the orchestra swells and blares like a Hollywood costume drama’s film score.

From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2018

After Antinous drowned in the Nile River nearby, the town of Antinopolis was founded in his honor, and he became a god, and statues of him were found throughout the Roman Empire.

From Scientific American • Apr. 17, 2014

Marble busts of Emperor Hadrian and of his beloved, Antinous, represented as a young god crowned in ivy.

From The Guardian • Jun. 20, 2013

Hadrian has come into his wisdom only after manifold errors and tragic mistakes; not least among the latter, contriving, through thoughtlessness, in the death of his great love, the Bithynian youth Antinous.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2010

‘The most direct route,’ Eurymachus said, ‘would be due east from here, across the Straits of Corinth. But if they try to go that way -’ ‘Enough,’ Antinous snapped.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan