Yes but its THE symbolic image of pederastic love. None of us ever heard of Antinous. James Alefantis did - and chose it out of a million other things he could have chosen. He could have had his face pic. The Comet Ping Pong Logo. Photo of the restaurant. Slice of Pizza (the food kind). A more iconic Greek statue from a better angle, more easily identifiable. A Greek flag or more obvious Greek symbol, if hes that into signalling his heritage.

No. He chose a deliberately obscure statue that ONLY those into man-boy 'love' (or Greek statue / history experts) would recognise. Signalling who he was and what his interests were.

My only question is this: its a symbol of a lover of a powerful man. Was this how he saw his role as the younger lover of David Brock, a 'keeper of secrets / blackmailer' uber-powerful DC insider???