Template:Did you know nominations/Antinous

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 23:09, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Antinous

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Busts of Hadrian (left) and Antinous (right) at the British Museum

• ... that the Roman emperor Hadrian was so grieved by the death of his male lover Antinous that he made him into a god and founded a city in his honour? Source: Lambert, Royston (1984). Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous. George Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 2. ISBN 978-0297780458.
  • ALT1: ... that Antinous, the male lover of Hadrian, may have been only eight or ten years old when he first met the emperor? Source: Lambert, Royston (1984). Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous. George Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 59. ISBN 978-0297780458.
  • ALT2: ... that Antinous, the male lover of Hadrian, may have voluntarily sacrificed his life in order to prolong that of the latter? Source: Lambert, Royston (1984). Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous. George Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 130-141. ISBN 978-0297780458.
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  • Comment: No QPQ needed: this is my third DYK nomination
    Personally, I prefer the first hook, but the ALTs are okay, too.

Improved to Good Article status by Unlimitedlead (talk). Self-nominated at 17:54, 9 October 2022 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Unlimitedlead: Great article! I'm going to assume good faith with the offline sources but other than that this article is great. Onegreatjoke (talk) 19:04, 9 October 2022 (UTC)