Adrian
Also known as: Adrian the Roman Emperor / Emperor Adrian / the Emperor Adrian · Family: Roman · Role: Roman Emperor · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 18
In Book 1, Chapter 18, Adrian built the temple of Olympian Zeus and installed its statue, and erected temples at Athens to Hera and Pan-Hellenian Zeus and “all the gods in common.” In Book 2, Chapter 17, he offered Hera a golden peacock because the bird was sacred to her.
By Book 8, Chapter 9, Adrian had assigned Antinous divine honors at Mantinea; the account says Antinous was excessively beloved by him. In Book 8, Chapter 10, Adrian built a new temple around the old temple of Poseidon, appointing overseers over the workmen. In Book 10, Chapter 35, he erected a smaller temple to Apollo near the great temple at Abæ and built a Portico at Hyampolis bearing his name.
Relationship record
Life events
- Adrian built the temple of Olympian Zeus and installed its remarkable statue.(Book 1 · Chapter 18 · 📍 temple of Olympian Zeus)
- With: Zeus
- “the temple of Olympian Zeus--which Adrian the Roman Emperor built, and in which he placed that remarkable statue of Olympian Zeus”
- Adrian erected temples to Hera, Pan-Hellenian Zeus, and all the gods.(Book 1 · Chapter 18 · 📍 Athens)
- Adrian offered Hera a golden peacock because the bird was sacred to her.(Book 2 · Chapter 17)
- “a peacock of gold and precious stones, an offering of the Emperor Adrian: he made this present because the peacock is sacred to Hera.”
- Adrian assigned Antinous divine honors at Mantinea.(Book 8 · Chapter 9 · 📍 Mantinea)
- With: Antinous
- “That is why the Emperor assigned him divine honours at Mantinea”
- Adrian built a new temple around the old temple.(Book 8 · Chapter 10 · 📍 temple of Poseidon Hippius)
- “It was built in our day by the Emperor Adrian, who appointed overseers over the workmen”
- Adrian erected a smaller temple to Apollo near the ruined great temple.(Book 10 · Chapter 35 · 📍 Abæ)
- “Near this great temple is a smaller one, erected to Apollo by the Emperor Adrian”
- Adrian built a Portico at Hyampolis bearing his name.(Book 10 · Chapter 35 · 📍 Hyampolis)
- “The Emperor Adrian also built a Portico which bears his name.”
Book 1 · Chapter 18
- with Zeus (Adrian built the temple of Olympian Zeus and placed a statue there.) “And before going into the temple of Olympian Zeus--which Adrian the Roman Emperor built, and in which he placed that remarkable statue of Olympian Zeus (larger than any works of art except the Colossuses at Rhodes and Rome); it is in ivory and gold, and elegant if you consider the size--”
- with Hera (Adrian erected a temple of Hera.) “Adrian erected also at Athens a temple of Hera and Pan-Hellenian Zeus, and a temple for all the gods in common.”
Book 2 · Chapter 17
- with Hera (Adrian offered a golden peacock to Hera.) “a peacock of gold and precious stones, an offering of the Emperor Adrian: he made this present because the peacock is sacred to Hera”
Book 8 · Chapter 9
- admired: Antinous (Adrian is described as loving Antinous.) “he was excessively beloved by the emperor Adrian.”
- with Antinous (Adrian loved Antinous.) “They also regard Antinous as a god, his temple is the latest in Mantinea, he was excessively beloved by the emperor Adrian.”
Book 8 · Chapter 10
- with Poseidon (Adrian built a new temple around Poseidon's old temple.) “It was built in our day by the Emperor Adrian, who appointed overseers over the workmen, that no one might spy into the old temple nor move any portion of its ruins, and he ordered them to build the new temple round the old one, which was they say originally built to Poseidon by Agamedes and Trophonius, who made beams of oak and adjusted them together.”
Book 8 · Chapter 11
- with Epaminondas (Adrian erected a pillar on Epaminondas's tomb.) “And there are two pillars on his tomb, one ancient with a Bœotian inscription, and the other erected by the Emperor Adrian with an inscription by him upon it.”
Book 10 · Chapter 35
- with Apollo (Adrian erected a temple dedicated to Apollo.) “Near this great temple is a smaller one, erected to Apollo by the Emperor Adrian, but the statues are ancient and were the votive offering of the people of Abæ, Apollo and Leto and Artemis in bronze.”
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