Antinous the Gay God๐ชท Bust of #Antinous depicted as #Dionysus. Venice Palazzo #Grimani. Enhanced by #Naropinosa. ๐ชท
๐ชท Beautiful sunset behind replica #Lansdowne #Antinous / #Dionysus bust created by Origines Home Decor of France. ๐ชท
๐ชท Antinous is smiling because 31 May is #NationalSmileDay ... Dia do Sorriso ... El Dรญa de la Sonrisa. #Antinous / #Dionysus #Braschi Vatican Museums. Smile Image courtesy @yuno12870714 ๐๐๐๐๐
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๐ชท This is a prime example of the #Antinomania fad of the 18th & 19th Century when every aristocrat sought #Antinous art, to impress each other. #Antinous / #Dionysus #Townley bust sketch. 19th century. Francois Xavier Fabre French 1766-1837. Black pencil with white highlights.๐ชท
๐ชท 27 May is #NationalGrapeDay ๐ #Antinoopolis stele seems to show #Antinous / #Dionysus holding grapes in one hand and a Christian cross in the other. A fusion in #Antinoos of Jesus and #Dionysos? There's no historical proof, only hints. Read: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/07/is-this-antinous-dionysus-holding.html #GrapeDay #Grapes๐ ๐ชท
๐ชท 27 May is #NationalGrapeDay ๐ The #Lanuvium BasRelief shows #Antinous as #Dionysus or #Aristaeus / #Silvanus harvesting grapes as a dog watches. Its inscription says #Antinous ' birthday is 27 Nov. Painting by #AntoniusSubia. Full details: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-lanuvium-inscription-explained-by.html #Grapes๐ ๐ ๐ชท
๐ชท 27 May is the feast of #Comus: Greek god of #dragqueens, clubbing, partying, frivolities. Art by #EdmundDulac shows him in red wig, green frock. He is a son of #Dionysus, which means he is a scion of #Antinous, who is oft equated with #Dionysos: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/05/we-celebrate-feast-of-comus-greek-god.html ๐ชท
๐ชท๐ท On 25 May #NationalWineDay raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus / #Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. ๐ท ๐ชท
๐ชท #FridayFeeling: #Antinous as a relaxing athlete stretches an arm over his head, with attributes of #Apollo / #Dionysus / #Aesculapius. Statue from Hadrianic Baths in #LeptisMagna Libya. A nearby unrelated inscription says " #Antinoo the Fruitful God" (deus #frugiferus) a reference to #Dionysos. ๐ชท
The Partial HistoriansโจDionysus was interested in seafood?โจ
This is part of the recently uncovered House of Thiasos at Pompeii which is covered in sprawling and near life sized portraits of followers of Dionysus including Silenus (seen here with a young lady). But it seems that the veneration of Dionysus would be incomplete indeed without some fine marine creatures!
