Jul 19, 2008 the emperor hadrian, viewed as a feeble capitulator by the victorians and then maligned as a brutal pragmatist, has become the most feted historical figure of the year. He was deified after his death, being worshipped in both the greek east and latin west, sometimes as a god theos and sometimes merely as a hero heros. Excerpt from clint borzonis opera, antinous and hadrian. Antinous pronounced antinous was the boy lover of the roman emperor hadrian and hence is a real character, not a mythological one, although the story reads like fiction. Hadrian seems to have promoted a cult of antinous that became popular across the empire, and the emperor thought of antinous as a god. Antinous was a young man, a great favourite and a probable homosexual partner of hadrian, who drowned in the nile in mysterious circumstances in ce dio cassius 69. His love for greece and greek literature was such that he was known as graeculus greekling in his youth, and his philhellenism did not dissipate with age. Jul 22, 2019 hadrian made antinous his companion, though by some accounts he was regarded as hadrians lover. Alcohol there is a lot of wine but nobody gets drunk depictions of depression and anxietypanic attacks.
Hadrian had fallen so hard for antinous, that upon his lovers death, he deified him as a god. Hadrian was clearly bereaved and he had lots of images put up. He accompanied hadrian in 128ad, when he toured the empire. Empire and conflict is an exhibition based around the life of the roman emperor which opens at the british museum on 24 july and runs until 26 october, 2008 this special exhibition will explore the life, love and legacy of romes most enigmatic emperor, hadrian reigned ad 1178. Antinouspublius aelius hadrianus emperor hadrian works. Hadrian and antinous, lithography by edouardh egypt. Hadrian is an opera composed by americancanadian singersongwriter rufus wainwright, that premiered october, 2018 at the four seasons centre for the performing arts in toronto by the canadian opera company. Hadrian publius aelius hadrianus, 24 january 76 10 july 8 was roman emperor from 117 to 8 he is best known for building hadrians wall, which marked the northern limit of roman territory in britain. Oct 16, 2011 hadrian brought the empire to an unparalleled period of peace and prosperity.
Antinous, homosexual lover of the roman emperor hadrian, deified by the emperor after his death in egypt, where he drowned. Hadrian is the only emperor to have traveled throughout the whole of roman empire, having visited every province from brittania to israel, and from the danube to north africa, several times. Iii the imperial favourite 055 father of the country 056 the. At the heart of this great empire, however, lay a mystery hadrians relationship with a young man, antinous.
Traveling together along the nile in, the young man fell into the river and drowned, hadrian was desolate. Regina kammer is a librarian, an art historian, and an awardwinning, international bestselling, multipublished writer of provocative historical romance and contemporary romance with a touch of history. Not much is known about antinouss mysterious life, except that his beauty enchanted the emperor. They are surmounted by a tall entablature, which has been much and badly restored, and all of it. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading eromenos.
Hadrian 76 ce 8 ce, born in spain of provincial roman stock, became roman emperor in 117, succeeding to his uncle trajan. Antinous was a bithynian greek youth and a favourite beloved of the roman emperor hadrian. Nephew and successor to trajan, he executed his senatorial opponents, abandoned trajans conquests in armenia and mesopotamia, and coped with unrest in mauretania and parthia. The story of hadrian and antinous royston lambert on.
History of britain, history of england, history of wales, history of scotland, celtic history. Desmond wong, queens university department of classics. He was born publius aelius hadrianus in italica, hispania baetica, into a roman italohispanic family that settled in spain from the italian city of atri in picenum. Like too many of our stories, this one also ends sadly. Oct 02, 2016 while hadrian was visiting the province of egypt in late ad, his favourite, antinous, drowned mysteriously in the nile river. Built into the north wall of the rome borsa stock exchange facing the piazza pietra, one block south of the column of marcus aurelius in piazza colonna, is a massive set of eleven proconnesian marble pillars greywhite horizontal bands almost fifteen meters tall. The ha suggests that antinous offered himself to save hadrian s life and that there was a homosexual relationship between them. At the heart of this great empire, however, lay a mystery hadrian s relationship with a young man, antinous.
Stream tracks and playlists from hadrian salguero on your desktop or mobile device. Hadrian also founded games in commemoration of antinous to take place in both antinopolis and athens, with antinous becoming a symbol of hadrian s dreams of panhellenism. It is based on the life of hadrian 768 ad, who was roman emperor from 117 to 8. In ad, while traveling down the nile with hadrian, antinous fell overboard and drowned.
Upom his death, the distraught emperor declared his beloved a god. Hadrian then took him to rome where he was educated. Aug 21, 2011 have you ever wanted to know about hadrians wall. Hadrian january 24, 76july 10, 8 was a roman emperor for 21 years who unified and consolidated romes vast empire, unlike his predecessor, who focused on expansion. With your consent, we would like to use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience with our service, for analytics, and for advertising purposes. Antinous was the first and the longest lasting male supermodel. In rome, he built the pantheon and the temple of venus and roma in addition to being emperor, hadrian was a humanist and a lover of greek culture in all his tastes. Our latest gay history piece focuses on an ancient roman love story between emperor hadrian and his remarkably beautiful boyfriend, antinous. Empire and conflict british museum, london wc1, 24 july26 october. With performances by jennifer berkebile mezzo soprano, donna smith soprano, thomas wazelle t. An obelisk, now in rome near the porta maggiore, marked his tomb. Probably the aspect of hadrians life which is most widely known is his relationship with the handsome youth antinous. As you meet his gaze, feeling vaguely clumsy and uncomfortable by your atypical outspoken demeanor, you grasp a glowing spark in his eyes that you could swear hadnt been there before hadrian and antinous. Hadrian, roman emperor 1178 ce, the emperor trajans cousin and successor, who was a cultivated admirer of greek civilization and who unified and consolidated romes vast empire.
He perhaps caught hadrians eye on his trip to bithynia about 123ad. Hadrian have carved their well deserved place in the uks highly competitive rock music scene. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Ad 110 in the town of bythinium also called claudiopolis, near presentday bolu in northwestern turkey. Hadrian had antinous deified after his death and then started cranking out sculptures of his ass like he was jupiter or something. Hadrian and antinous, lithography by edouardh posted on 03052018 by egypt museum posted in uncategorized hadrian and antinous, lithography by edouardhenri avril french, 18491928. Antinous, the face that launched a thousand chisels. Hadrian the gay emperor the data lounge gay celebrity. Hadrians building projects are perhaps his most enduring legacy. Antinous lover of hadrian antinous was the homosexual lover and companion of the emperor hadrian. Clint borzoni and edward ficklin have written a fulllength opera about the second century roman emperor hadrian and his love for antinous.
This tragic event led to the creation of a new divinity. Mar 20, 2011 emperor hadrian was one of the most influential leaders of ancient rome across political, cultural and military spectra. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. In this fascinating bbc documentary dan snow reveals how hadrian deified his gay lover antinous. Have you ever wondered what life was like there, how it was constructed, or even just the basic question of what exactly is hadrians wall. He was a bithynian, born about 110, whom hadrian met when the lad was in his midteens. Jun 26, 2009 hadrian s visit to egypt was destroyed by grief.
Hadrian 768 was born publius aelius hadrianus and named roman emperor in 117. Quizlet flashcards, activities and games help you improve your grades. Born to a greek family, he is said to have joined hadrians entourage at a young age, although no one knows for sure how the two met. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading hadrian and antinous their lives and times. Antinous and hadrian clint borzoni and edward ficklin have written a fulllength opera about the second century roman emperor hadrian and his love for antinous. Tradition also reported that antinous committed suicide because an oracle had stated that, if he did so, the remaining years of life that he could expect would be transferred to the emperor. Hadrians reign was marked by a distinct will to preserve the roman peace and renunciation of further conquests, though towards the end of it he was forced to lead a disastrous war caused by a revolt in the province of judaea, afterwards palestine. Like frankensteins monster, the emperor hadrian, whose cult is the subject of the british museums magnificent. He established cities throughout the balkan peninsula, egypt, asia minor, and greece. Aug 22, 2010 episode 32 of the ancient art podcast revisits the lovely discussion of the disembodied with the portrait busts of roman emperor hadrian and his young beloved antinous from the art institute of. He was a freedman of the emperor hadrian, on whose favorite antinous he is said. He traveled widely, and many of his accomplishments were related to his visits abroad. Hadrian and antinous ancient art podcast 32 youtube.
Ambient americana bluegrass blues bollywoodtollywood celtic childrens christian rock christiangospel classical comedy country dj dance. Jun 05, 20 both its hadrian info surely a most remarkable emperor by the standards of historical autocrats and your sites elegant design are a winner. While hadrian was visiting the province of egypt in late ad, his favourite, antinous, drowned mysteriously in the nile river. The critically acclaimed rock band has recently broken the top 10 charts for the best rock group in london. Antinous became associated with homosexuality in western culture, appearing in the work of oscar wilde and fernando pessoa.
A unique read,the author did extensive research covering antinous, hadrian, political implications of antinous, the god,and sculptural analysis of antinous among other things. After visiting villa adriana, a clearer picture of hadrian s purposeful architectual plan emerged from reading your book. He is known for building hadrians wall, which marked the northern limit of britannia. One report said antinous had jumped into the river as a sacred sacrifice, though hadrian denied that explanation. In the year ad, yes about 1900 years ago, hadrian and antinous were sailing on the river nile. Osirantinous, or antinous as a manifestation of osiris, the god who died and was reborn.
Hadrian mourned the loss of his young lover and was never the same after his death. Discover the fascinating and moving story of immortal devotion between these two male roman icons. Whether it was an accident, murder, or ritual suicide is a mystery, but thats a different post. The empire basically turned a blind eye to the gay activity, as hadrian was so good at being an absolute boss. May 22, 2007 hadrian 76 ce 8 ce, born in spain of provincial roman stock, became roman emperor in 117, succeeding to his uncle trajan. When a city was founded close to the spot where antinous drowned, he named it antinopolis. Mesomedes continued in the musaeum in alexandria even after hadrians.
Instrumental music with a mix of commercial and classical influences. Eroticallycharged, explicitly illustrated, queerthemed historical fiction about hadrian and antinous. The libretto is written by canadian actor, director and playwright daniel macivor. He joined hadrians entourage and was with him in egypt in the fall of. Trajan was more of a warrior and campaigner died in battle whereas hadrian was a builder. Discover more about the hadrian and antinous epic love affair on the fascinating podcast. Antinous was the male lover of the roman emperor hadrian, who ruled from 117 to 8 ce. What they could not overlook was how hadrian reacted to antinous untimely death. Both its hadrian info surely a most remarkable emperor by the standards of historical autocrats and your sites elegant design are a winner.
He was the third of the socalled five good emperors. Like frankensteins monster, the emperor hadrian, whose cult is the subject of. Does the relationship between emperor hadrian and antinous explain the high number of representations, or can it be explained by antinous. See more ideas about roman sculpture, statue and roman art.
Many speculate that it is the latter account of his death that corroborates hadrians exaggerated response to his death. Antinous was a bithynian greek youth who hadrian became attracted to. When antinous drowned in mysterious circumstances, hadrian was so distraught that he chose to commemorate the young greek by naming. Hadrian erected temples to him throughout the empire and founded a city, named antinoopolis, in his honour, near the place where he died. One of our best sources of information about the new deity osirantinous and the founding of antinopolis, the new city. Hadrian and antinous their lives and times kindle edition by hone, michael. The biography of hadrian is the most intricate and baffling in the whole work. A unique read,the author did extensive research covering antinous, hadrian, political implications of antinous, the god, and sculptural analysis of antinous among other things. Born to a greek family, he is said to have joined hadrians entourage at a young age, although no.
The sacred antinous the epistles of antinous the first. Her short stories and novels make history sexier, whether the era is roman, byzantine, viking, american revolution, or victorian. The compelling story examines the mystery behind the tragic death of antinous. Hadrian was roman emperor from 117 to 8 ce and he is known as the third of the five good emperors nerva, trajan, hadrian, antoninus pius, and marcus aurelius who ruled justly. Born publius aelius hadrianus, probably in hispania, hadrian is best known for his substantial building projects throughout the roman empire and, especially, hadrians wall in northern britain. After visiting villa adriana, a clearer picture of hadrians purposeful architectual plan emerged from reading your book. Hadrian brought the empire to an unparalleled period of peace and prosperity. Hadrian simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. His father was of senatorial rank and was a first cousin of emperor trajan. But before we talk about his exciting, halfadecadelong sex scandal that, ok, ill admit it, wasnt really that scandalous, lets talk about why he was one of historys best gays. Episode 32 of the ancient art podcast revisits the lovely discussion of the disembodied with the portrait busts of roman emperor hadrian and his young beloved antinous from the art institute of. Trajan was another major player, a wellliked emperor like hadrian but who liked his booze and boys.
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