🪷 4 May is #BirdDay: In Marguerite #Yourcenar 's novel "Hadrian's Memoirs" #Antinous has a beloved falcon on his fateful tour of Egypt with #Hadrian in 130 AD. The pet bird plays a key role in a witch's spell to prolong the Emperor's life. Details here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/grieving-hadrian-returns-to-canopus.html 🪷

🪷 4 May is #BirdDay: Here we see an Egyptian and his BA soul spirit bird from the #Antinoopolis / #Fayoum Oasis area. Roman-Egyptian tempera-on-linen mummy shroud from the heyday of the city founded by #Hadrian where #Antinous died in the Nile in Egypt in 130 AD. Getty Museum. 🪷

In the first of this two-part episode, Thomas takes us through how “homosexuality” – or rather, same sex erotic experiences – were conceptualized in the weird world of #AncientRome. We then discuss the particular case of the relationship between the Emperor #Hadrian and his purported lover, #Antinous. What do the primary sources actually say, what is implied, and what might it mean to us now?

Content Warning: this episode includes discussion of sexual violence and pederasty, and mentions pedophilia.

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🪷 Happy Birthday #MarcusAurelius! Born 26 April 121 AD, he was 9 years old when #Antinous died. He was hand-picked by the Divine #Hadrian personally to become a future Emperor of Rome. A wise choice indeed. Full tribute: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/04/happy-birthday-marcus-aurelius.html 🪷

🪷 23 April is UNESCO #WorldBookDay: Our BookTip: #TheLoveGod by #MartinCampbell is a well-researched, fast-paced novel of the life of #Antinous. The best historical fiction book on #Hadrian and #Antinoos since #Yourcenar 's #HadriansMemoirs. Order: https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/1500902543 🪷

🪷 April 21st is #NatalediRoma, the 2,779th birthday of Rome. #Antinous was born 27 November in 111 AD and he died 28 October 130 AD. He is no myth, no legend. #Hadrian loved Antinous so much he declared him a god ... the final and ultimate deity ... for Rome ... for us ... forever! 🪷

🪷 21 April #NatalediRoma we celebrate the #VenatioUrsae (Bear Hunt) when #Antinous & #Hadrian slew a bear 129 AD. Constantine Arch tondo shows #Antinoos (left) & bear (right). Bears sacred to #Artemis / #Diana. We seek the Dianic-Artemis-Bear within us: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/04/the-eroticon-when-antinous-hunts-bear.html 🪷

🪷 Worshipers of Antinous in North and South America, Europe & Africa convened today for Zoom ceremonies to celebrate Natalis Romae birthday of Rome and also to commemorate the time the Emperor #Hadrian and #Antinous hunted a bear together. More here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2026/04/we-celebrate-sacred-bear-hunt-and.html 🪷

Today is the feast day of Saint Eleutherius Bishop of Illyria, his mother Anthia, and eleven others, martyred in Illyria under #Hadrian https://toilet-guru.com/blog/19.html?s=mb #travel #history