🪷 Happy Birthday to #FreddieMercury, born 5 September 1946. His replica #Lansdowne #Antinous/#Dionysus bust is up for auction at Sotheby's London at 10 a.m. on 8 Sept. The 60 cm (2 ft) bronze bust is among art from his estate. The #Antinoos bust is Lot 577: https://www.sothebys.com/en/auction-catalogue/2023/freddie-mercury-a-world-of-his-own-at-home 🪷

🪷 #Hadrian intended for #Antinous to be myriad deities, says modern-day Priest #Michaelus. If you understand #Dionysus, you understand #Antinoos. If you understand #Osiris, you begin to understand a bit more. Hadrian meant him to be the ultimate deity: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-four-layers-of-antinous-conclusion.html 🪷

🪷 #Hadrian intended for #Antinous to be myriad deities, says modern-day Priest #Michaelus. If you understand #Dionysus, you understand #Antinoos. If you understand #Osiris, you begin to understand a bit more. Hadrian meant him to be the ultimate deity: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-four-layers-of-antinous-conclusion.html 🪷

🪷 Modern-day Priest Michaelus says #Antinous is "the True Pure God." Identified with many deities, #Antinoos is a full divinity in his own right. Full text here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-four-layers-of-antinous-part-3-by.html 🪷

🪷 #Polydeukion head at Berlin #AltesMuseum. He was the favorite pf Herodes Atticus, rich Athenian friend of #Hadrian, who was brought to Rome to educate #MarcusAurelius and Lucius Verus. When Polydeukion died tragically, Herodes Atticus founded a cult like that of #Antinoos. 🪷

🪷 #FreddieMercury's replica #Lansdowne #Antinous/#Dionysus bust is up for auction at Sotheby's London at 10 a.m. on 8 Sept. The 60 cm (2 ft) bronze bust (Paris, pre-1930) is among art and furnishings from Freddie's home. The #Antinoos bust is Lot 577: https://www.sothebys.com/en/auction-catalogue/2023/freddie-mercury-a-world-of-his-own-at-home 🪷

🪷 Modern-day Antinous Priest Michaelus urges us to remember that #Antinous is a youthful god, an Ephebe. He says: "Antinous wants us, yes you and me, to be that same wide-eyed youth seeking spiritual knowledge." Full text here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-four-layers-of-antinous-part-1-by.html (Statue: #Antinoos at N.Y. Metropolitan Museum) 🪷

🪷 The Rosy Lotus of #Antinous ... which sprouted from the blood of the man-eating lion killed by #Hadrian and #Antinoos in Egypt in 130 AD ... the official flower of Antinous the Gay God ... Art by #AntoniusSubia. 🪷

🪷 Today is #WorldHoneyBeeDay: #Antinous as divine beekeeper #Aristaeus, who plunged into a sacred river to work a miracle to #SaveTheBees. #Antinoos/#Aristée, Musee Louvre. We need a beekeeping miracle now as bees vanish worldwide. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/05/as-bees-mysteriously-disappear-we.html #HoneyBeeDay 🪷

🪷 Today is #MensGroomingDay: Any well-groomed Roman had an #Antinous #Balsamarium for unguents, perfume oil, bath oils ... in hopes of coming out of the baths looking as handsome as #Antinoos! This is a modern reproduction Antinous balsamarium. Lots more genuine ancient #balsamaria here: http://www.antinopolis.org/gallery/icons/balsamaria.html 🪷

🪷 Today is #MensGroomingDay: Any well-groomed Roman had an #Antinous #Balsamarium for unguents, perfume oil, bath oils ... in hopes of coming out of the baths looking as handsome as #Antinoos! Lots more #balsamaria here: http://www.antinopolis.org/gallery/icons/balsamaria.html More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/no-well-groomed-roman-male-was-without.html 🪷

🪷 The third Friday of August is #MensGroomingDay: Any well-groomed Roman had an #Antinous #Balsamarium for unguents, perfume oil, bath oils ... in hopes of coming out of the baths looking as handsome as #Antinoos! This is a modern reproduction Antinous balsamarium. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/no-well-groomed-roman-male-was-without.html 🪷

🪷 #Antinous basks in high-altitude luxury in Reno Nevada! #Antinoos as #Bacchus/#Dionysus rotates under a canopy of stars with maenads at the @RenoPeppermill casino. More images here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-antinous-of-reno-nevada.html 🪷

🪷 #Antinous basks in high-altitude luxury in Reno Nevada! #Antinoos as #Bacchus/#Dionysus rotates under a canopy of stars with maenads at the @RenoPeppermill casino. More images here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-antinous-of-reno-nevada.html 🪷

🪷 #Antinous/#Osiris statue Fontaine du Fellah (1806) at Vaneau metro station in Paris. Eagle on Egyptian-style cornice signifies #NapoleonBonaparte's imperial rule. #Napoleon, 15 Aug 1769 to 5 May 1821, is a Saint of #Antinoos​ because he legalized homosexuality. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/05/napoleon-bonaparte-saint-of-antinous.html 🪷

🪷 #Antinous/#Osiris statue Fontaine du Fellah (1806) at Vaneau metro station in Paris. Eagle on Egyptian-style cornice signifies #NapoleonBonaparte's imperial rule. #Napoleon, 15 Aug 1769 to 5 May 1821, is a Saint of #Antinoos​ because he legalized homosexuality. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/05/napoleon-bonaparte-saint-of-antinous.html 🪷

🪷 #Antinous/#Osiris statue Fontaine du Fellah (1806) at Vaneau metro station in Paris. Eagle on Egyptian-style cornice signifies #NapoleonBonaparte's imperial rule. #Napoleon, 15 Aug 1769 to 5 May 1821, is a Saint of #Antinoos​ because he legalized homosexuality. More: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/05/napoleon-bonaparte-saint-of-antinous.html 🪷

🪷 The #Antinous Braschi ... as it looms above you when you stand immediately before it ... 3.4 meters (11 ft) tall ... Vatican Museums - Musei Vaticani, Sala Rotunda. By comparison: #Antinoos Priest #MartinCampbell is over 6 feet tall (185 cm).🪷

🪷 14 Aug is #WorldLizardDay 🦎 #Antinous encounters #Ascalaphus the reptile from Hades. This is #Antinoos #Sauroktonos. This statue was lost in the Dresden fire storm in World War II. Compare it to #Apollo the Lizard-Slayer. Full details: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/antinous-meets-reptile-from-hades-but.html #lizardday 🦎 🪷

🪷 14 Aug is #WorldLizardDay 🦎 #Antinous encounters #Ascalaphus the reptile from Hades. This is #Antinoos #Sauroktonos. This statue was lost in the Dresden fire storm in World War II. Compare it to #Apollo the Lizard-Slayer. Full details: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/08/antinous-meets-reptile-from-hades-but.html #lizardday 🦎 🪷