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Memoirs of Hadrian, a TV series

17/02/202417/02/2024

Finally a television series about Marguerite Yourcenar’s ‘Memories of Hadrian’! (I’d love to play as Hadrian, I hope a very handsome one as Antinous…)

ILBE announces: “Memoirs of Hadrian” #bestseller masterpiece by #MargueriteYourcenar that tells Emperor Hadrian’s life, becomes a TV series.

The six episodes of the series, written and directed by Francesco Piccolo, winner of Premio Strega (Strega Prize) for “Il desiderio di essere come tutti” (The Desire of being like everyone), author and screenwriter for Nanni Moretti, Paolo Virzí, Francesca Archibugi, Marco Bellocchio, Matteo Rovere, Daniele Lucchetti and Saverio Costanzo.

Produced by ILBE, a company founded by Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi, tells the life of the Emperor Hadrian in six episodes.

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Antinoo e Alcesti

03/12/202303/12/2023

arte, storia, cultura , riflessioni

Pasquale Curatola

Il dio Antinoo, come si ricorderà, era stato, da mortale, l’amasio dell’imperatore Adriano.
Secondo la teoria piú conosciuta*, offrí la sua vita in sacrificio, perché un oracolo gli aveva profetizzato che, in tal modo, avrebbe allungato la vita dell’imperatore.
Tale teoria, nota ai piú, è stata avallata da Marguerite de Yourcenar nel suo riuscito e celeberrimo romanzo ‘Memorie d’Adriano’.
Complice una conferenza ascoltata di recente, mi capitava di tornare a riflettere su Alcesti, la donna che, secondo la mitologia greca, accettò di morire al posto del marito**.
La domanda che mi sono fatto è questa: (altro…)

Netflix thermae Romam ducunt (et Antinoum…)

22/08/202211/09/2022

cartoons/ animated Films , english , internet , tv

Pasquale Curatola

A proud bath architect in ancient Rome starts randomly surfacing in present-day Japan, where he’s inspired by the many bathing innovations he finds.
Starring: Kenjiro Tsuda, Sanae Kobayashi, Chikahiro Kobayashi
(Netflix official website)

On Netflix since last February, ‘THERMAE ROMAE’ is a nice TV series. An excellent introduction to it is reproduced hereafter, from the website ‘Antinous and the Stars’:
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Antinous, and a new-old religion based on him

30/10/201922/08/2022

arte, storia, cultura , attualità , english , letteratura , spiritualità

Pasquale Curatola

Antinous was the young man beloved by the emperor Hadrian. In my humble opinion, His name should be related to the two Greek words αντί (against) and νοῦς (mind, reason, understanding), and should mean “the nonconformist, the one who was born to oppose banality and conventions”. According to the history, He died falling into the Nile river, amid mysterious circumstances; in the version welcomed and purposed by Marguerite de Yourcenar, He is reported as a voluntary suicide in a ritual that was supposed to lengthen the life of the Emperor Hadrian.
Deified by Hadrian after His death, Antinous was sometimes identified with Bacchus or other Gods, and (altro…)