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The Cult of Antinous and the Response of the Greek East to Hadrian's Creation of a God

Fox, Tatiana Eileen
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1399414457

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2014, Bachelor of Arts, Ohio University, Classics and World Religions.
In the early 2nd century CE the Roman emperor Hadrian created one of the most unique Roman deities with one action on the Nile in Middle Egypt; he deified an imperial favorite- a youth from the Greek East called Antinous. While this action alone was uncommon enough to warrant the nearly 2000 year-long discussion of the emperor Hadrian and his boy lover Antinous, what makes the discussion so compelling is the survival of the god Antinous past Hadrian’s reign and lifetime. The ephebe’s image spread through the Roman Empire with Hadrian’s declaration of his apotheosis in Egypt, but the question is: Why, after the death of Hadrian, did a Greek boy deified without the consent of the Roman Senate keep his place in Rome’s pantheon of deities? An exploration of the evidence for the establishment of Antinous' cult and the subsequent responses of the cities of the East sheds light on how this unknown provincial teenager became one of the most iconic faces of Imperial Rome.
Lynn C. Lancaster (Advisor)
92 p.
Classical Studies
Antinous; Hadrian; Pincian Obelisk; Antinoopolis; numismatics; mystery cults; Antinoeion; communication; iconography; Dionysos; Hermes; Osiris; city identity; city status

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  • Fox, T. E. (2014). The Cult of Antinous and the Response of the Greek East to Hadrian's Creation of a God [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1399414457

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fox, Tatiana. The Cult of Antinous and the Response of the Greek East to Hadrian's Creation of a God. 2014. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1399414457.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fox, Tatiana. "The Cult of Antinous and the Response of the Greek East to Hadrian's Creation of a God." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouashonors1399414457

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