Antinoüs or Antinoös (Greek: ) (c. November 29, 111–October 30, 130) was a member of the Roman Emperor Hadrian's entourage, to whom he was beloved. He was deified after his death. Biography Antinous was born to a Greek family in Bithynion-Claudiopolis, in the Roman province of Bithynia in what is now north-west Turkey. One version is that Antinous joined the entourage of the Emperor when Hadrian passed through Bithynia in about 124, and soon became his beloved companion who ac… (More on Antinous)