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Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Lambert, Royston. Beloved and God. New York, NY : Viking, 1984 (OCoLC)776095024 |
Named Person: | Antinoüs; Hadrian, Emperor of Rome; Hadrian, Emperor of Rome; Hadrian, Emperor of Rome; Antinoüs; Hadrian, Emperor of Rome; Antinous; Hadrian, Römisches Reich Kaiser; Hadrian, Emperor of Rome; Antinoüs; Antinous.; Kaiser) Hadrian (Römisches Reich |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Royston Lambert |
ISBN: | 0670157082 9780670157082 |
OCLC Number: | 10751661 |
Description: | xix, 298 pages, [32] pages plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
Contents: | I. Scandal of the centuries -- II. Antinous, the young Greek, c. 110-23 -- III. Hadrian, the Roman Emperor, 76-123 -- IV. Traces in time -- V. Rise to imperial favorite, 123-8 -- VI. Pederasty in the imperial age -- VII. Hadrian and Antinous -- VIII. 'A brilliant light', Greece and the east, 128-30 -- IX. 'Clouds behind the sun', Egypt, August-October 130 -- X. Death in the Nile, October 130 -- XI. Life eternal, 130-31 -- XII. The secret of the tomb -- XIII. The bitter end of Hadrian, 131-8 -- XIV. The new god -- XV. 'A belief in Antinous': the cult -- XVI. The rise and fall of Antinoopolis -- XVII. 'The crown and the glory of sculpture' -- Conclusion -- Appendix one: The sculptures of Antinous -- Appendix two: The coins and gems. |
Responsibility: | Royston Lambert. |
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