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List of illustrations [page viii] Preface [xiii] 1 The erotics of imperium [1] Anecdotal history [1] The main storyline [5] The priapic paradigm [17] One touch of Venus [27] 2 Romancing the stone: the story of Hadrian and Antinous [52] Approaching Antinous: the efficacy of the image [52] The sculpture: 'Schlagt die Augen nieder; hier ist Antinoos!' [71] Antinous and Roman religion: 'This is the god of imperial Rome!' [113] 3 Compromising traditions: the case of Nero and Sporus [136] 'Greek love' made Roman [136] Prelude: making sense of Maximus [140] Male-male desire as marriage [151] Sporus and Poppaea [157] 4 A match made in heaven: Earinus and the emperor [167] Adopting an approach: the historicity of text and the textuality ofhistory [167] Springtime for Caesar: Martial's epigrams about Earinus [175] Cutting to the chase: the impact of Earinus in Statius' Silvae 3.4 [182] 5 Mistress as metaphor: a dialogue with Panthea [213] 'This was more than a woman: this was a masterpiece' [213] What's in a name? Lucian's Cyropaedia [218] Fractured identities [223] Locating Lucian [229] Gluing things back together [233] 6 And so to bed... [240] References [243] Index [272] Index of principal passages [281]