Antinous
Americannoun
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And before his murder, Antinous, defending the Jews against attacks from sniping Roman senators, sings a paean to inclusion: “We are each in all, all in each.”
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2018
In the 1920s alone, the Rinconcillo group flourished in Granada, Antinous in Moscow, the Contemporáneos in Mexico City, Pod Picadorem in Warsaw.
From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2016
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
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
‘So, Antinous . Jason jabbed a finger at the ghoul. ‘Maybe you should explain to me why you’re worthy of Gaia’s favour.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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