Antinous

Antinous, by all accounts, was a beautiful young slave boy from Bithynia who an emperor's heart... In this first of three brand new collections videos, join Prof Caroline Vout as she explores the meaning and significance of the Museum of Classical Archaeology's cast of the Braschi Antinous. Who was Antinous? Why is he always so handsome? And why were so many portraits of him sculpted? (Spoiler: it's probably not *just* because he was so handsome...)