Antinous (also Antinoüs or Antinoös; ; 27 November, c. 111 – before 30 October 130) was a  Bithynian Greek youth and a favourite, or lover, of the Roman emperor Hadrian. He was deified after his death, being worshiped in both the Greek East and Latin West, sometimes as a god (theos) and sometimes merely as a hero (heros).