Talk:Antinous (constellation)

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A plate from Urania's Mirror depicting the constellations Delphinus (the dolphin), Sagitta (the arrow), and Aquila (the eagle), as well as the former constellation Antinous (according to legend, a young man who saved Hadrian from drowning).Illustration: Sidney Hall; restoration: Adam Cuerden

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Death

Editor Canlawtictoc says that Antinous died as a voluntary human sacrifice, and writes that this version is 'supported by Lambert'. However, the blurb for the book by Lambert says he was 'accidentally drowned'. Is the blurb wrong or the editor? Skeptic2 (talk) 09:59, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Actually, this review http://bobhay.org/_downloads/_homo/NHH%2017%20Hadrian%20and%20Antinous%20-%20Beloved%20and%20God.pdf says 'the theory favoured by Royston Lambert is that Antinoüs either drowned himself or allowed others to drown him', but not necessarily as a voluntary sacrifice. Skeptic2 (talk) 10:54, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Added link to the report of Cassius Dio (do we have any other sources?). The sentence now runs a bit awkwardly and needs some straightening out. AstroLynx (talk) 11:08, 10 June 2019 (UTC)