Antinous the Gay GodMar 17
🪷 17 March is the Roman #Liberalia feast of manhood virility celebrating free speech and the male coming of age! On this day a young man donned the manly toga and drank wine in honor of #Bacchus. There is a popular misconception that Antinous was underage when his relationship with #Hadrian started. But there is no historical evidence that their relationship began before he was a legal adult. All sculptural art, without exception, depicts #Antinous as a mature male: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/01/antinous-gay-god.html 🪷
Antinous the Gay GodMar 16
🪷 #Antinous is equated with #Dionysus / #Bacchus but beware of excesses in eating, drinking, spending money and falling in love when indulgent #Venus forms a square with exaggeration-prone #Jupiter. Your #Antinous #MoonMagic #astrology forecast: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/03/astro-forecast-march-12th-2026.html Photography art by #KeithMezaenAsetHoberg 🪷
VineturMar 16
La Ruta del Vino Almansa refuerza lazos con Cerdeña a través del proyecto europeo B.A.C.C.H.U.S https://www.vinetur.com/2026031697576/la-ruta-del-vino-almansa-refuerza-lazos-con-cerdena-a-traves-del-proyecto-europeo-bacchus.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #RutaDelVino #Cerdeña #Bacchus #Almansa #IntercambioCultural
The Oasis BBSMar 10
Singalong at Fjalldata: Fairlight TV Captures a Scene Party Chorus
#FairlightTV #Fjalldata #DemoScene #CommodoreScene #SceneMusic #RetroComputing #Bacchus
https://theoasisbbs.com/singalong-at-fjalldata-fairlight-tv-captures-a-scene-party-chorus/?fsp_sid=3605
Antinous the Gay GodFeb 26
🪷 "The beauty of #Antinous is timeless," #AntoniusSubia ... #Mondragone Antinous as #Dionysus #Bacchus head from what must have been a colossal statue. The holes in the hair are for a wreath or diadem. It originally had inlaid gemstone eyes. Musee du #Louvre, Paris. 🪷
Antinous the Gay GodFeb 17
🍷18 Feb is #DrinkWineDay so raise your glass and offer libations to #Antinous / #Dionysus / #Bacchus. #nationaldrinkwineday🍷
The Partial HistoriansFeb 13

Bacchus, the god of wine (also known as Dionysus to the Greeks) lounges semi-nude in a golden and burgundy gown while holding a spectre of some kind. This is likely a thyrsus, but the telltale details are missing.

Bacchus appears to be wearing a garland - a very typical thing in his iconography. Just off on stage right appears to be another figure holding a dish. The background of this scene is a brilliant warm red.

The fresco comes from a house that was built on the same site, but prior to, the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. It is thought to date to the early second century CE. The house was revealled during archaeological excavations in 2022 and can be seen today as part of the tour of the baths.

#FrescoFriday #AncientRome #Dionysus #Bacchus #History

Antinous the Gay GodFeb 12
🪷 #Antinous is traditionally identified with #Dionysus / #Bacchus. February 12th is the Greek #DayOfCups feast dedicated to #Dionysos. Tonight the dead leave Hades to visit mortals who love and miss them. Try a séance or otherwise enter an altered state. https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/02/raise-glass-to-dead-during-antinous.html 🪷
Show threadDoomsdaysCWFeb 11
@novafuture Um, have you heard about the #Dionysus / #Bacchus cults? Or ritual #Saki drinking? Or beer and wine in #AncientEgypt (so important that some were buried with it)? And yes, alcohol was given to workers because the water was contaminated. The history of alcohol (and other mind-altering substances) goes back further than modern marketing hype. And yes. Everything in moderation.
Roland MauriceFeb 5
Bacchus by Hendrich Goltzius, c. 1600 (engraving)
#HendrichGoltzius #bacchus #dionysos #dionysus #engraving #art #mannerism