Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 40

[cahn]

I'm trying to use my other account at least occasionally so I posted about my Yuletide gifts there, including the salon-relevant 12k fic that features Fritz, Heinrich, Voltaire, Fredersdorf, Saint Germain, Caroline Daum (Fredersdorf's wife), and Groundhog Day tropes! (Don't need to know canon.)

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Re: Iconography

[mildred_of_midgard]

So at least among the educated nobility of the 18th century, Hadrian's inclinations must have been known.

Oh, for sure! The educated nobility of the 18th century was all *over* the ancient Greeks and Romans, they knew their stuff! They had a shared canon that is no longer so shared. And I assume they would have connected Hadrian and Antinous off the tops of their heads, unlike some of us moderns. ;)

Hadrian: I had monuments and statues - especially of Antinous - in every corner of the Roman Empire, not only Turkey! :)

Indeed! But the Near East is what my wife's history focus has been for the last several years, so that's where she keeps hearing about him. ;)