Of The Jews (A.D. 50)

Painter and poet, runner, discus-thrower, beautiful as Endymion: Ianthis, son of Antony. From a family on close terms with the Synagogue. 'My most valuable days are those when I give up the pursuit of sensuous beauty, when I desert the elegant and severe cult of Hellenism, with its over-riding devotion to perfectly shaped, corruptible white limbs, and become the man I would want to remain forever: son of the Jews, the holy Jews.' A most fervent declaration on his part: '. . . to remain forever a son of the Jews, the holy Jews.' But he didn't remain anything of the kind. The Hedonism and Art of Alexandria kept him as their dedicated son.