79. Antinous. Bithynian youth.
[Died in Egypt, A.D. 132.]
Celebrated for his beauty. He was the page and companion of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, whom he accompanied to Egypt. He was drowned in the Nile, and the Emperor was inconsolable for his loss. On the spot where he died, the city of Antinœa was raised; temples and statues in Egypt and Greece were erected to his memory; and in Greece, coins were struck in his honour. The numerous representations of his beauty gave a fresh impulse to the Fine Arts, and may be compared with the works of the best periods of Grecian Sculpture.
[From the marble in the Louvre; the head bound with a fillet of vine. For account of the many beautiful statues of Antinous see Handbook to Roman Court and Nave.]
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85. Antoninus Pius. Roman Emperor.
For life, see [No. 47].
[From the marble in the Naples Museum.]
86. Augustus. Roman Emperor.
For life, see [No. 35].