Eromenos by Melanie McDonald
Jun 17, 2011
Melanie McDonald`s Eromenos, is a fictional journal in the voice of the youthful Antinous of Bithynia, second century beloved of the hellenophile Emperor Hadrian. In this richly worded and well-researched novel the author skillfully imagines Roman history`s most famous same sex relationship. As confidants we accompany Antinous while he unburdens his heart in chapters titled Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, the basic elements of Greek science. The author takes great care to detail the second century settings of her tale. Antinous`s boyhood Bithynia in Asia Minor is a provincial town steeped in Greek identity and newly refashioned both by Roman engineering and by obligations to Roman power…
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