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

The young Canadian tenor Isaiah Bell brings a sweetly lyrical, if sometimes strained, voice and an innocently handsome look to Antinous.

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

After Antinous drowned in the Nile in AD130, possibly killing himself, Hadrian proclaimed him a god and displayed his image across the empire.

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 ones with the gaping wounds and the grey skin, like Antinous ... I’ve fought their kind before.’

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan