Antinous
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Antinous was a Greek youth and favorite of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, deified after his mysterious death and widely venerated across the Roman Empire.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek youth
ⓘ
deified human ⓘ historical figure ⓘ |
| activeDuringReignOf | Hadrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apollo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dionysus NERFINISHED ⓘ Nile NERFINISHED ⓘ Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ youthful male beauty ⓘ |
| birthCountry | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Bithynion-Claudiopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthRegion |
Asia Minor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bithynia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Roman Empire ⓘ |
| closeAssociate | Hadrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalInfluence |
icon of male beauty in classical art
ⓘ
subject of modern scholarship on sexuality in antiquity ⓘ |
| deathCause | drowning ⓘ |
| deathCircumstances | mysterious ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Nile River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathRegion | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deificationForm |
hero cult
ⓘ
state cult ⓘ |
| deifiedBy | Hadrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Greek ⓘ |
| hasCultCenter |
Antinoöpolis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Athens NERFINISHED ⓘ Delphi NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Mantineia NERFINISHED ⓘ Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
Nile water
ⓘ
lotus ⓘ star ⓘ |
| knownFor |
idealized portraits in Roman sculpture
ⓘ
numerous surviving statues and busts ⓘ |
| notableFor |
favorite of Emperor Hadrian
ⓘ
posthumous deification ⓘ widespread cult in the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| partner | Hadrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs |
divine youth
ⓘ
idealized Greek athlete ⓘ |
| religionAfterDeath | Imperial Roman religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2nd century CE ⓘ |
| veneratedAs |
divine companion of Hadrian
ⓘ
god ⓘ hero ⓘ |
| veneratedIn | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Statue of Antinoos from Delphi
subject surface form:
Hadrian
subject surface form:
Hadrian