🪷 "#Antinous"
c. late 19th Century Photograph
inscribed: "#Antinoo, N. 1
Galleria fotografica degli antichi"
photographer unknown
questionable provenance
see note just below
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ai assisted illustration
Dream by Wombo
Adobe Photoshop Beta
© Gregory Reeder 2023 🪷

🪷 On 21 Aug with the sun poised to leave Leo, devotees of #Antinous commemorate the #LionHunt of #Hadrian/#Antinoos in Egypt in 130 AD when they slew a maneating lion. #Antinoo impetuously charged the beast and Hadrian interceded to save him. Read: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-sacred-lion-hunt.html 🪷

🪷 #NationalRelaxationDay 15 August: #Antinous as a relaxing athlete 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. 🪷

🪷 23 July is the Roman #Neptunalia feast of #Neptune/#Poseidon. #Antinous is linked to the god, who mated with male sea god #Nerites. Their son: #Anteros. Corinth #Antinoos temple Priest #HostiliusMarcellus minted coins showing #Antinoo with Neptune. https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/07/we-celebrate-neptunalia-and-honor.html🪷

🪷 "Antinoo e Adriano" acrylic on canvas 45x35 cm 2021 by Tuscany-based artist Andrea Mattiello. More: http://andreamattiello.blogspot.com/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/mattielloandrea #Antinous #Hadrian #Antinoo #Antinoos 🪷

🪷#LudwigII of Bavaria loved art, not war. For that he was called "mad". He died 13 June 1886. Drowned mysteriously like #Antinous. Munich is home to major #Antinoo art like thus bust with Aion/Uranus mosaic at the Glyptothek. Ludwig is a saint of #Antinoos: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/06/king-ludwig-ii-of-bavaria-saint-of.html 🪷

🪷#LudwigII of Bavaria loved art, not war. For that he was called "mad". He died 13 June 1886. Drowned mysteriously like #Antinous. Munich is home to major #Antinoo art like thus bust with Aion/Uranus mosaic at the Glyptothek. Ludwig is a saint of #Antinoos: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/06/king-ludwig-ii-of-bavaria-saint-of.html 🪷

🪷 The pose with right arm on head hints at #Apollo #Lykeios stretching for a new adventure. #Antinous strikes the same pose in this statue from the Hadrianic Baths in #LeptisMagna Libya. Inscription says "#Antinoo the Fruitful God" (deus #frugiferus) a reference to #Dionysus.🪷

🪷 18 May is the festival of #Antinous as #Pan/#Cernunnos, lord of virility, along with #Faunus, fauns and other horned gods. Hieroglyphs on the Obelisk of #Antinoos promise that #Antinoo sends healing dreams to all who ask his aid: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/05/today-is-festival-of-antinous-in-his.html Art: #MirandaBaggins 🪷

🪷 18 May is the festival of #Antinous as #Pan/#Cernunnos, lord of virility, along with #Faunus, fauns and other horned gods. Hieroglyphs on the Obelisk of #Antinoos promise that #Antinoo sends healing dreams to all who ask his aid: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/05/today-is-festival-of-antinous-in-his.html 🪷

🪷 18 May is the festival of #Antinous as #Pan/#Cernunnos, lord of virility, along with #Faunus, fauns and other horned gods. Hieroglyphs on the Obelisk of #Antinoos promise that #Antinoo sends healing dreams to all who ask his aid: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/05/today-is-festival-of-antinous-in-his.html 🪷

🪷 18 May is the festival of #Antinous as #Pan/#Cernunnos, lord of virility, along with #Faunus, fauns and other horned gods. Hieroglyphs on the Obelisk of #Antinoos promise that #Antinoo sends healing dreams to all who ask his aid: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/05/today-is-festival-of-antinous-in-his.html 🪷

🪷 18 May is the festival of #Antinous as #Pan/#Cernunnos, lord of virility, along with #Faunus, fauns and other horned gods. Hieroglyphs on the Obelisk of #Antinoos promise that #Antinoo sends healing dreams to all who ask his aid: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/05/today-is-festival-of-antinous-in-his.html 🪷

🪷 Antinous traditionally has been identified with Dionysus/Bacchus god of ecstatic altered consciousness and transcendence over death Colossal #Braschi #Antinous-#Dionysus statue, Sala Rotonda, Vatican ... #Antinoos tradicionalmente foi identificado com Dionysus / Bacchus deus da consciência alterada ecstatic e transcendência sobre a morte ... #Antinoo tradicionalmente ha sido identificado con Dionisus / Baco dios de la conciencia alterada extática y la trascendencia sobre la muerte.🪷

🪷 16 April is the feast of #Neptune/#Poseidon celebrating the end of winter storms at sea. #Antinous is linked to the god, who mated with male sea god #Nerites. Their son: #Anteros. #Corinth #Antinoos temple Priest #HostiliusMarcellus minted coins showing #Antinoo with Neptune. 🪷

🪷 #Antinous art nobody can see so close-up ... #Antinoos arte ninguém pode ver de modo close-up ... #Antinoo arte nadie puede ver tan cerca -up .🪷

🪷 Antinous traditionally has been identified with Dionysus/Bacchus god of ecstatic altered consciousness and transcendence over death Colossal #Braschi #Antinous-#Dionysus statue, Sala Rotonda, Vatican ... #Antinoos tradicionalmente foi identificado com Dionysus / Bacchus deus da consciência alterada ecstatic e transcendência sobre a morte ... #Antinoo tradicionalmente ha sido identificado con Dionisus / Baco dios de la conciencia alterada extática y la trascendencia sobre la muerte.🪷

#Antinous as #astrological #zodiac #allegory. Art for Vernal #Equinox ceremonies tonight at the #Mexico City #Templo de #Antinoo #México.

🪷 #Antinous as #Vertumnus the shape-shifting god-of-plenty and luck. #Antinoos as Vertumnus can take "any form his heart desires" as the #Obelisk of #Antinoo says. He can be anyone you meet, or you yourself. #MuseiVaticani. Reach out ... take his hand. 🪷

🪷 Worshipers of the Templo de #Antinoo in Mexico City honor Mexico's first homophobia martyr saint of #Antinous, #JorgeFernandezMartínez, murdered 3 March 2016 in #Tutlitlán. His funeral, in the name of Antinous, was at the #SantaMuerte shrine there: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/03/mexicos-first-saint-of-antinous-is.html 🪷