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TIL a deity symbolizing love and beauty was distorted into a demon after a century. In the 2nd century AD, Hadrian deified his lover Antinous and demanded that everyone worship this deity. However, in Egypt, people found that a 3rd-century man named Sarapammon was summoning Antinous as a demon.

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