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Antinous
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tags: [mythology] [personage]
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Definition:1. Penelope's most arrogant suitor (from the Odyssey)2. [111 - 130 AD] a homosexual lover of Roman emperor Hadrian. After he died under mysterious circumstances Hadrian had him deified.
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The suitors bit their lips as they heard him, and marvelled at the boldness of his speech. Then, Antinous, son of Eupeithes, said, "The gods seem to have given you lessons in bluster and tall talking; may Jove never grant you to be chief in Ithaca as your father was before you."
Homer. The Odyssey (Butler translation)
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