They’re fudging it. Antinous was twelve years old when he drowned (or was murdered / sacrificed), not some twenty-odd musclebound beachboy. Inconvenient by modern standards, admittedly. Reply
Literary Fictions 
How did you make this image? What software was used? Love it!!
I can’t take credit for it. It’s a picture I found on the Internet.
They’re fudging it. Antinous was twelve years old when he drowned (or was murdered / sacrificed), not some twenty-odd musclebound beachboy. Inconvenient by modern standards, admittedly.
It’s romanticized. It makes for a more interesting story.
Antinous was 18-19. Quite the pony boy.