
Faun in Revery, after a Church plaster work, Italian, 17th century,
Pencil on Paper, 2001, D.Larson
He lost his Antinous while sailing along the Nile and wept for him like a woman. Concerning this, there are various reports: some assert that he sacrificed himself for Hadrian, others what both his beauty and Hadrian's excessive sensuality make obvious." -from the Historia Augusta
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