Antinoöpolis was a city founded at an older Egyptian village by the Roman emperor Hadrian to commemorate his deified young beloved, Antinoüs, on the east bank of the Nile, not far from the site in Upp
Antinoöpolis: 19th century AD view of the triumphal arch, from Description de l'Égypte.
Bust of Antinoüs-Osiris from Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli (Louvre)
Fragment of a cloth from the tomb of Sabina, a 4–5th century woman in Antinoöpolis, showing Bellerophon and Pegasus trampling on the Chimera. (Louvre)
Late Roman column capital from the north necropolis (National Archaeological Museum, Florence)
Antinous, also called Antinoös, was a Greek youth from Bithynia, a favourite and lover of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Following his premature death before his 20th birthday, Antinous was deified on Had
Antinoöpolis
…Sheikh 'Ibada or Sheik Abāda) was a city founded at an older Egyptian village by the Roman emperor Hadrian to commemorate his deified young beloved, Antinoüs, on the east bank of the Nile, not far from the site in Upper Egypt where Antinoüs drowned in 130 AD. Antinoöpolis was a little to the south of the…
Bust of Antinous-Dionysus (Hermitage Museum)
Head of Antinous found at Hadrian's Villa, dating from A.D. 130–138 , now at the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome, Italy
British Museum busts of Hadrian (left) and Antinous (right), both part of the Townley Marbles
The tondo at left depicting Hadrian's lion hunt, accompanied by Antinous, on the Arch of Constantine in Rome