account, writes that Sporus bore an uncanny resemblance to Poppaea and that Nero called Sporus by her name. Scholars have deduced that Sporus was likely an epithet...

mathematicians. Sporus criticized Archimedes for not producing a more accurate approximation of π. O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Sporus of Nicaea"...

as follows: Let Sporus tremble –"What? that thing of silk, Sporus, that mere white curd of ass's milk? Satire or sense, alas! can Sporus feel? Who breaks...

the Opposition and as cited above, by Alexander Pope in his "Sporus" portrait: "Let Sporus tremble/What that thing of silk...His wit all seesaw between...

Egyptian manner and entombed; it is not known where. In AD 67, Nero married Sporus, a young boy who is said to have greatly resembled Poppaea. Nero had him...

statesman (b. 249) Sima Yu, Chinese prince of the Jin Dynasty (b. 278) Sporus of Nicaea, Greek mathematician (approximate date) Zhang Hua, Chinese official...

The poem includes character sketches of "Atticus" (Joseph Addison) and "Sporus" (John Hervey). Addison is presented as having great talent that is diminished...

freedmen and household officers reinstalled, including the young castrated boy Sporus whom Nero had taken in marriage and Otho also would live intimately with...

ISBN 978-0-674-01822-8. History of same-sex unions Homosexuality in ancient Rome Sporus Ancient History Sourcebook: Suetonius: De Vita Caesarum--Nero, c. 110 C...

AD, Nero castrated and married a young freedman named Sporus. According to Cassius Dio, Sporus bore an uncanny resemblance to Poppaea, and Nero even called...