‘Plagued by depression and a growing mental instability, Tennant became more and more reclusive, rarely leaving his bedroom. His formerly stylish manor was in complete disarray, yet he never lost his unique sense of the fabulous, or his taste for champagne, and continued to dream his idle dreams. ’
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Bust of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known as Elagabalus or Heliogabalus, in the Capitoline Museum.
Segment of Napoleon Crossing the Alps (Alt. Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass, Bonaparte Crossing the Alps) by Jaques Louis David 1801-1805.
Typically I would never put “Napoleon” and “UNF” in the same sentence, but in this painting it only seems fitting. The eyes are killer.
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history meme ∙ (2/7) pairings ∙ hadrian & antinousHadrian had a close relationship with a Bithynian Greek youth, Antinous, which was most likely sexual. During a journey on the Nile he lost Antinous, his favourite, and for this youth he wept like a woman. Concerning this incident there are varying rumours; for some claim that he had devoted himself to death for Hadrian, and others — what both his beauty and Hadrian’s sensuality suggest. But however this may be, the Greeks deified him at Hadrian’s request, and declared that oracles were given through his agency, but these, it is commonly asserted, were composed by Hadrian himself. Antinous drowned in 130. Deeply saddened, Hadrian founded the Egyptian city of Antinopolis in his memory, and had Antinous deified – an unprecedented honour for one not of the ruling family. The cult of Antinous became very popular in the Greek-speaking world. (requested by anon)
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A montage of Shakespearean characters (how many can you spot?)
illustration by Stephen Tennant
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Medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.
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