Antinous: A Poem

By Fernando Pessoa

"Antinous: A Poem" is a poetic work by the famous Portuguese poet and writer Fernando Pessoa. The historical Antinous was a beloved of the Roman emperor Hadrian. After Antinous died, Hadrian became obsessed with Antinous, and he started surrounding himself with his images and built the city of Annapolis in his honor. In Western Culture, Antinous became a symbol of homosexualism, mostly thanks to this poem by Pessoa.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Nov 27, 2019
• ISBN: 4057664612526

Fernando Pessoa

Fernando Pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. He grew up in Durban, South Africa, where his stepfather was Portuguese consul. He returned to Lisbon in 1905 and worked as a clerk in an import-export company until his death in 1935. Most of Pessoa's writing was not published during his lifetime; The Book of Disquiet first came out in Portugal in 1982. Since its first publication, it has been hailed as a classic.

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Fernando Pessoa

Antinous: A Poem

Published by Good Press, 2019

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EAN 4057664612526

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A POEM

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A POEM

BY

FERNANDO PESSOA

LISBON MONTEIRO & CO. 190, Rua do Ouro, 192

1918

Printed by «Sociedade Typographica Editora»—100, R. d'Alegria—Lisbon

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It rained outside right into Hadrian's soul.

The boy lay dead

On the low couch, on whose denuded whole,

To Hadrian's eyes, that at their seeing bled,

The shadowy light of Death's eclipse was shed.

The boy lay dead and the day seemed a night

Outside. The rain fell like a sick affright

Of Nature at her work in