6/21/2023 0 Comments Eromenos by Melanie J. McDonald![]() ![]() ![]() In a partnership more intimate than Hadrian’s sanctioned political marriage to Sabina, Antinous captivates the most powerful ruler on earth both in life and after death. In this coming-of-age novel set in the second century AD, Antinous of Bithynia, a Greek youth from Asia Minor, recounts his seven-year affair with Hadrian, fourteenth emperor of Rome. Story blurb: Eros and Thanatos converge in the story of a glorious youth, an untimely death, and an imperial love affair that gives rise to the last pagan god of antiquity. Eromenos, by Melanie McDonald A textbook example of how historical fact and fiction should balance – Fairly well flawless – ![]()
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