Antinous: The Very First Pop Idol
Why does the love story of Hadrian and Antinous seem so contemporary? Mark Simpson argues we’re all pagans now. (Originally appeared in the Independent on Sunday, 09/06/2002) OF ALL THE MEN who wore the purple of Rome, Hadrian seems the most ‘modern’, the most sympathetic and the most tasteful. This second-century… Read More »Antinous: The Very First Pop Idol