The Sacred Antinous - The Epistles of Antinous - Introduction

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The Epistles of Antinous

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COMMENTARY

~000 Introduction

I - THE YOUNG SCHOOLBOY

~001 Arrival at Caelian Hill

~002 Life at the Paedagogium

~003 Monsters and Heroes

~004 The Private Baths

~005 The Soaps of Cyprias

~006 The Treachery of Gryllus

~007 Assurances and Endurances

~008 The Demise of Trenus

~009 The Surprise Inspection

II - THE COURT PAGE

~010 Little Donkey

~011 Whispering Hope

~012 Epigrams for Antinous

~013 Books from Maltinus

~014 Little Signals

~015 Promotion

~016 Juvenalis IX

~017 A Frothy Idea

~018 Evening on the Riverbank

~019 Across the Leagues

~020 Unprecedented Access

~021 Winged Mercury

~022 Dinner Guest

~023 Causes of Nausea

~024 New Pupil

~025 Wax, Soap, and Wool

~026 Four Daughters

~027 Vitalis Atones

~028 Futures and Histories...

~029 The Triumph of Desire

~030 An Image of Antinous

~031 The Ride From Rome

~032 The Villa at Tibur

~033 The Ride To Rome

~034 Praeconina

~035 Foolish Carisius

~036 The Christian Texts

~037 Married Pleasures

~038 In Tibur, Alone

~039 The End of Corinthus

~040 Turning Tables

~041 A History & Fantasy...

~042 A Sad Collection

~043 Rafts in a Raging Sea

~044 Rome, Home and History

~045 A Caravan of Monologue

~046 On Favorinus

~047 The Flesh of a Metaphor

~048 Disquieting Thoughts

~049 Purple Reign

~050 The Heart of Numidia

~051 Stables of the Palatine

~052 Hadrian's Deprivation

~053 Transcripts and Categories

~054 In the Wake of a Paradox

III - THE IMPERIAL FAVOURITE

~055 Father of the Country

~056 The First Night with Hadrian

~057 A Place in the World

~058 Hard Resolution

~059 Announcements...

~060 Keeping Company

~061 The Stallions' Ride

~062 The Tour Begins

~063 On the Isthmus

~064 On Grief

~065 The Eleusian Mysteries

~066 A Playful Wager

~067 The Delights of Athens

~068 On Receiving

~069 Epistle Coming Soon

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Introduction

by SRW, Paleogrpaher

These hundred and ten
most holy epistles

By brave Antinous
himself were writ.

To beauteous Lysicles
each be addressed;

Their sad separation
consoled by it.

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