From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved "Volume III - Gods/Goddesses of Ancient Egypt"

ANTINOUS

To return to the Aquila Star Names (eta Aquilae), Coma Decan (child on a lotus), Denderah Decan 4 (young man with a sun disk head), Denderah Decan 29 (child on a lotus), or List of Netjeru.

    Antinous as commented on by Cyril Fagan, "Antinous another youth famous for his beauty, was associated with the constellation Aquila [Denderah Decan 4] and with the Nile.    He was the minion of the Roman Emperor Hadrian.    When Antinous was drowned in the Nile in A.D. 130, the grief of the Emperor knew no bounds.    He enrolled him among the gods, caused numerous statues of him to be made, founded the Egyptian city of Antinopolis in his honor, and erected a temple to him at Mamtinea.    Finally, in A.D. 132, he placed him in the starry skies right below the constellation of the eagle (Aquila), h Aquilae."
    From www.siloam.net/denderah it states Denderah Decan 29 as seen above for the figure to the left is seen as two entities:
    First: as "Antinous" represented "by the child with a flail, signifying mastery of the physical element, and sitting upon the lotus."    This has been entitled as the "New Age."

    In reference to Denderah Decan 4 as seen as the figure to the right in the image below.

    As seen above on ESNE plate 79, we see a male figure with a sun disk head.
    Denderah Decan 4 is to www.siloam.net the Son of God, Enlightenment, stated as "From ... humility proceeded the sun headed man, Sol-o-mon, as a symbol of enlightenment."
    From www.siloam.net/denderah as mentioned on Denderah Decan 4, calls it "Antinous" the "Son of Light" and has entitled it "Enlightenment," as "a youthful man with a disk upon his head.    This is a union of enlightenment and maleness."

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    This file was created on June 18, 2005.

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