Antinous the Gay GodNov 6
🪷 #NovemberCountdown to the birthday of Antinous on 27 Nov: #Antinous / #Apollo head at Berlin's #AltesMuseum. Crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite / #Venus. Large Egyptian-style eyes! From #Naukratis Egypt, which #Antinoos and #Hadrian visited in Sept/Oct 130 AD. 🪷
Antinous the Gay GodJul 5, 2025
🪷 5 July to 13 July is the Ludi Apollinares Roman festival of #Apollo. Art: #Naukratis #Antinous /
#Apollon head. Crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite / #Venus. Photo: #Antinoos / #Cernunnos Altar of Edhie Laureano Pires, Brazil, Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yatawamirim 🪷
Antinous the Gay GodFeb 24, 2025
🪷 #Naukratis #Antinous / #Apollo head Berlin's #AltesMuseum. Crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite / #Venus. #Antinoos and #Hadrian visited Naukratis, #Heracleion / #Hierakleion and #Canopus in 130 AD. Grieving Hadrian returned alone to Canopus in February 131. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/grieving-hadrian-returns-to-canopus.html 🪷
<font face="times new roman" size="+2" color="#FFFFFF"><center><B>GRIEVING HADRIAN RETURNS TO CANOPUS</B></center></font>

CANOPUS  was the Egyptian resort where Hadrian and Antinous spent pleasant days away from the hubbub of steamy Alexandria in August and Sept...

Antinous the Gay GodNov 6, 2024
🪷 #NovemberCountdown to Antinous' birthday on 27 Nov: #Antinous/#Apollo head at Berlin's #AltesMuseum. Crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite/#Venus. Large Egyptian-style eyes! From #Naukratis Egypt, which #Antinoos and #Hadrian visited in Sept/Oct 130 AD. 🪷
Antinous the Gay GodAug 27, 2024
🪷 #Naukratis #Antinous/#Apollo head Berlin's #AltesMuseum. Crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite/#Venus. #Antinoos and #Hadrian visited Naukratis, #Heracleion/#Hierakleion and #Canopus in 130 AD. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/08/antinous-in-canopus-egypt-in-130-ad.html 🪷
<font face="times new roman" size="+2" color="#FFFFFF"><center><B>ANTINOUS IN CANOPUS EGYPT IN 130 AD <br>THE PLEASURE RESORT THAT HADRIAN <BR>WOULD RECREATE AT HIS VILLA</B></center></font>

CANOPUS  and Heracleion! Where Hadrian and Antinous spent pleasant days away from the hubbub of steamy Alexandria in August and September of...

Antinous the Gay GodAug 7, 2024
🪷 This marble head of #Antinous as #Apollo with myrtle wreath of #Aphrodite (now in Berlin's #AltesMuseum) was found at the Nile trading city of #Naukratis which Hadrian and #Antinoos probably visited while in nearby Alexandria in August 130 AD ... Now archaeologists say Naukratis was a major financial center with "skyscrapers" ... a "Mud Brick Manhattan" with buildings up to eight floors tall. Was this bust created to honor the visit of Antinous? More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/08/mud-brick-manhattan-on-nile-had-high.html 🪷
<font face="times new roman" size="+2" color="#FFFFFF"><center><B>'MUD BRICK MANHATTAN' ON THE NILE <br>HAD HIGH-RISE COMMERCE TOWERS</B></center></font>

ONE  of the most beautiful sculptures of Antinous comes from the Ancient Egyptian the city of Naukratis, which experts now say was a major G...

Antinous the Gay GodAug 4, 2024
🪷 #Naukratis #Antinous/#Apollo head Berlin's #AltesMuseum. Crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite/#Venus. #Antinoos and #Hadrian visited Naukratis, #Heracleion/#Hierakleion and #Canopus in 130 AD. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/08/in-egypt-antinous-and-hadrian-visited.html 🪷
<font face="times new roman" size="+2" color="#FFFFFF"><center><B>IN EGYPT, ANTINOUS AND HADRIAN VISITED <br>THE REAL-LIFE ATLANTIS BEFORE IT SANK</B></center></font>

AS  Antinous and Hadrian visited Alexandria in August of the year 130 AD, they made side trips to the resort of Canopus and embarked on a li...

Antinous the Gay GodNov 6, 2023
🪷 #NovemberCountdown to Antinous' birthday on 27 Nov: #Antinous/#Apollo head at Berlin's #AltesMuseum. Crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite/#Venus. Large Egyptian-style eyes! From #Naukratis Egypt, which #Antinoos and #Hadrian visited in Sept/Oct 130 AD. 🪷
Antinous the Gay GodJul 28, 2023
🪷#Antinous/#Apollo head from the Berlin #AltesMuseum. Crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite/#Venus. From #Naukratis Egypt, which #Antinoos and #Hadrian visited in Sept/Oct 130 AD. Art: "Love Without Prejudice" by #FranckGoldwood Instagram: https://instagram.com/franck.goldwood 🪷
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Antinous the Gay GodJul 26, 2023
🪷 #Naukratis #Antinous/#Apollo head Berlin's #AltesMuseum. Crowned with myrtle wreath sacred to #Aphrodite/#Venus. #Antinoos and #Hadrian visited Naukratis, #Heracleion and #Canopus in October 130 AD.🪷