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Published: 2010-10-18 15:03:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 3675; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 455
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Description One of my favourites representations of AntinoΓΌs, Hadrian's lover ^^ !!

I guess he is represented as Bacchus (he's carring the thyrsus and wearing an ivy wreath !!).

He's located to the Vatican's museums
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Comments: 15

Hermetic-Wings [2013-03-24 09:59:52 +0000 UTC]

Love the angle you use at capturing the sculpture of Antinous...thanks for sharing

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Cycia In reply to Hermetic-Wings [2013-03-24 16:36:15 +0000 UTC]

No prob ! And thanks

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wilde-sun [2011-06-26 11:00:55 +0000 UTC]

Ah AntinoΓΌs, I love his story! Good photo of a beautiful statue

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Cycia In reply to wilde-sun [2011-06-26 11:44:05 +0000 UTC]

Merci beaucoup ;D !!!!

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rukiakuchiki93 [2010-10-24 21:29:57 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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Meldelen [2010-10-20 08:23:01 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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Cycia In reply to Meldelen [2010-10-20 08:32:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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AlexanderAeternus [2010-10-18 23:36:31 +0000 UTC]

Amazing angle! You were able to draw that close to the statue? Interesting that it is Antinous. I always thought it was Bacchus. He is beautiful, but I doubt Antinous looked like the images that remain. They are all idealized images of the boy, I'm sure. Wasn't he age 14 when he was with Hadrian?

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Cycia In reply to AlexanderAeternus [2010-10-19 12:26:43 +0000 UTC]

Yes, it's easy to get close to this statue (if you push all the tourists ^^) and to try to make good shots !!! Oh I'm sure that he is AntinoΓΌs ^^ !!! I agree that all the images we have of him are quiet idealized !!! But on all the portraits I saw of him, he had the same face (ahah of course xD), so I guess that there is a part of reality (even if it's a very little part) in all these images (but, I admit that I love to believe that he was so beautiful ^^)!! I know that he died when he was 18 or 20, but I don't remember if he already was with Hadrian when he was 14 ^^" but I believe that you're right !!

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AlexanderAeternus In reply to Cycia [2010-10-19 23:51:23 +0000 UTC]

Hadrian loved him so much that he created a cult in Antinous' memory. Did you ever read "Memoirs of Hadrian" by Marguerite Yourcenar? Here is a link to it: [link]

I never read it but I learned from a friend of mine that is a remarkable narrative, and intense

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Cycia In reply to AlexanderAeternus [2010-10-20 08:22:27 +0000 UTC]

No I only read one or two short extracts !! Thank you very much for the link, I'll try to read it soon !!!

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AlexanderAeternus In reply to Cycia [2010-10-20 21:48:29 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome!

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T1sup In reply to AlexanderAeternus [2011-11-05 22:51:18 +0000 UTC]

And if you want a biography of Antinous, insofar as it can be recontructed, read Beloved and God, by Royston Lambert. Many copies available on eBay.

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AlexanderAeternus In reply to T1sup [2011-11-05 23:55:00 +0000 UTC]

Great, thanks!

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T1sup In reply to AlexanderAeternus [2011-11-06 08:42:32 +0000 UTC]

In the same room (Sala Rotonda, Vatican Museum) : [link]

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