Antinous
Americannoun
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Robert Pattinson portrays the cruel and arrogant antagonist Antinous, who has own eyes fixed firmly on the queen while her husband is still away.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
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
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
‘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
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