Antinous the Gay GodJan 27, 2025
🪷 In early 131 AD #Hadrian returned to #Mennefer/#Memphis, city of #Ptah #Sekhmet #Nefertum & #Imhotep, who set the precedent in Egypt for a non-royal mortal to be deified. Thus 2,500 years later, Egyptians accepted the deification of #Antinous. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/01/hadrian-returns-to-mennefer-memphis.html 🪷
<font face="times new roman" size="+2" color="#FFFFFF"><center><B>HADRIAN RETURNS TO MENNEFER (MEMPHIS) <br>CITY OF THE GREAT WHITE WALLS</B></center></font>

  AFTER  the death of Antinous in October 130 AD, grief-stricken Emperor Hadrian continued alone on his tour of Egypt, returning finally to ...