#Antinous art by Rome-based artist Margherita Lipinska via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/margheritalipinska Visit her website for much more #Antinoos art: https://www.lipinska.it/

Raise a glass of wine to #Antinous/Dionysus on 23 April, the Roman Vinalia Urbana (urban wine festival). This is when the casks filled the previous autumn are opened and, after a libation offered to Jupiter, the wine is tasted for the first time. Raise a toast to #Antinoos!

Antinous shows up in the strangest places, even at the supermarket. Hachette 4.5in (14cm) collectible figurine for a pocket shrine or travel altar like ancient #Antinous worshipers carried with them at all times. A little #Antinoos can go a long way: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/04/antinous-in-strangest-places-even-at.html

#Antinous #Mondragone bust and #Antinoos #Osiris statue at the "Hadrian: Empire and Conflict" exhibition at the British Museum in 2008.

#WomensHistoryMonth A bust of #Antinous upstages #RachelWeisz (7 March 1970) star of openly gay Chilean filmmaker #Amenábar's brilliant movie "Agora" about #Hypatia of #Alexandria. A bust of #Antinoos makes a cameo appearance in two scenes! Trailer: https://youtu.be/RbuEhwselE0

The Friday before the March Equinox is #WorldSleepDay ... This intriguing basrelief at the Museii Capitolini in Rome is thought to show #Antinous as #Endymion the beauteous sleeper. The Obelisk of #Antinoos promises he answers prayers as you sleep (or daydream at work). Explained here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/03/antinous-as-sleeper-endymion-sired-52.html

During the #Antinomania craze of the 18th-19th Centuries, every aristocrat wanted an #Antinoos sculpture, ancient or modern. This 1740s gilt bronze head of #Antinous set in an onyx and alabaster bust is in the Galleria Estense in Modena, Italy.

February 14th: Happy #ValentinesDay    In #Alexandria in 130 AD #Antinous possibly met Gnostic mystic #Valentinus. If you wear a flower on St Valentine's Day in honor of #Antinoos / Valentinus, you will meet (or hear of) a new love by day's end. https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/02/astro-forecast-february-13th-2025.html #Valentine

1 Feb is #SerpentDay #Antinous #Agathodaimon (Blessed Spirit) statue at Berlin #AltesMuseum. A beneficent apotropaic serpent emerges from a cornucopia to gaze up adoringly at #Antinoos, and who can blame the snake? The statue's face originally had inlaid gemstone eyes!

For centuries, #Antinous has been regarded as the epitome of male beauty, identified with several deities, especially #Adonis as depicted in the #Antinoos #Farnese statue, Naples National Archaeological Museum. Art photography by #AndréDurand.

#YearOfTheSnake Chinese New Year 2025! This is Antinous #Agathodaimon (Blessed Spirit) at Berlin Altes Museum. A beneficent apotropaic serpent emerges from Fortuna's cornucopia to gaze up adoringly at #Antinous, and who can blame the snake? #Antinoos offers you good luck!

#Hadrian celebrates his birthday with #Antinous in Athens in these exclusive photos by @scribl1ta. Born 24 Jan 76 AD, Hadrian loved #Antinous so much he deified #Antinoos. See: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-birth-of-hadrian.html More Instagram art: https://www.instagram.com/scribl1ta Also: https://scribl1ta.carrd.co/

BREAKING NEWS: #Antinous the Gay God is now Antinous the feature film! Filming will begin this year on the long-awaited feature film "Antinous" by artist #StuartSandford, according to filmmaker #GusVanSant. In an interview with "VARIETY," Van Sant, who is best known for Oscar winners "Good Will Hunting" and "Milk," says he is backing the screen thriller "Antinous," a modern-day drama inspired by the life and death of #Antinoos. Full report here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/01/antinous-gay-god-is-now-antinous.html

#Hadrian loved all things Greek, especially #Antinous. The Emperor snuggles with #Antinoos and reads him a bedtime story by the light of a hanging terracotta #gorgoneion lamp. Good night in Greek is "Καληνύχτα" (Kalinixta). Art by https://scribl1ta.carrd.co/

#Solstice/#Yule/#Saturnalia: #Antinous embodies #Phanes, #Mithras, #SolInvictus hatching from the #Orphic Egg encircled by #Ouroboros on 25 December, the pagan origin of #Christmas. This head is possibly of #Antinoos as #Ganymede wearing a #Mithraic #Phrygian cap in the Louvre.

For centuries, #Antinous has been regarded as the epitome of male beauty, identified with several deities, especially #Adonis as depicted in the #Antinoos #Farnese statue, Naples National Archaeological Museum. Art photography by #AndréDurand.

#WinterSolstice #Saturnalia #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 here: https://www.amazon.com/The-Love-God-Martin-Campbell/dp/1500902543 Full review at the #Antinous the Gay God Blog: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-love-god-by-martin-campbell-is.html

All who believe in #Antinous have reservations for his Celestial Barque. The Barque's destination: the Constellation of #Antinoos. No ticket confirmation needed. Preferred passenger boarding now. Nonstop to the #StarofAntinous: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-voyage-to-paradise-with-antinous.html

#OscarWilde is a saint of #Antinous. Born 16 Oct 1854, he died in poverty and ignominy on 30 Nov 1900. Click here to read two poems he wrote about #Antinoos: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/10/oscar-wilde-saint-of-antinous.html

Happy Birthday to Antinous Born 27 November 111 AD — 1,913 years ago! #Antinous was no mythical deity. He truly lived. The world's most powerful man loved #Antinoos so much he proclaimed him a god. The last Classical deity! Full details: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/11/antinous-was-born-on-this-day-1913.html