O Holy Dionysus
Of the ivy and the vine
I ask for your presence
I ask for your blessings
Lord of ecstatic revelation
Lord of the altered mind
Show me the world as it truly is
Allow me to see the truth
For in your presence I will dance
Wild and abandoning reason
And for the world I ask a boon
Show them the hurt they cause
Let them feel it too
For in feeling lies compassion
Show them too the lies they tell
To others and to themselves
That they may learn to live truthfully
And allow others to do the same
Lord of the vine and the ivy
Stand with us today
Walk, perhaps crookedly, along this path with us
Lord of introspection
Grant us your gifts
Walk with us as we navigate life, O holy Dionysus
Art: Johann Wilhelm Schütze
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#Dionysus
🪷 January 1st is National Hangover Day! #Antinous says wear an ivy wreath like #Dionysus #Bacchus. Ivy wards off ill effects of alcohol, and makes you look divine! A crumbling papyrus from #Oxyrhynchus prescribes medicinal wreaths to cure everything from headache to hemorrhoids: https://antinousgaygod.blogspot.com/2026/01/antinous-era-egyptian-hangover-cure-was.html #HangoverDay #BadHangoverDay #NationalHangoverDay 🪷
✨It’s that Bacchus time of year✨
This hazy time between Saturnalia and the New Year has me a bit befuddled - much like this depiction of Bacchus! Hope these days are treating you well.
🪷 Art historian Johann Joachim #Winckelmann, born on 9th December 1717, said the #Mondragone bust of #Antinous as #Dionysus is "so immaculate that it appears to have come fresh from the hands of the artist". Once the head of a colossal statue, it now resides in the Louvre in Paris. 🪷
🪷 The #Lansdowne #Antinous / #Dionysus, originally found at #Hadrian 's Villa, now adorns Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. It is on the Art Fund's list of 5 must-see ancient sculptures in Britain! 🪷
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Semele died.
Zeus saved their unborn child.
Sewn into his thigh, Dionysus was born — the twice-born god.
#GreekMythology #Dionysus #Semele #Zeus #Hera #DivineBirth #Myth2Myth
🪷🍷 As the first wine of the new vintage, Beaujolais Nouveau is released on the third Thursday in November from grapes harvested and crushed in September. Every year the bottle has a new label. This year the Georges Duboeuf brand has what appears to be a pink lotus flower. #AntoniusSubia says: "It represents the descent of Antinous into the underworld where he is transformed into #Dionysus #Bacchus and returns as the new wine, in sacred synchronicity with the birthday of #Antinous Nov. 27th." 🍷 🪷
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Semele’s request seemed innocent.
But gods are not meant to be seen.
Zeus revealed himself — and lightning did the rest.
#GreekMythology #Zeus #Semele #RiverStyx #Dionysus #Myth2Myth
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A secret child.
A queen in disguise.
A spark that would become a god.
Semele never saw it coming.
🪷 Artist #Naropinosa puts some clothes on #Antinous #Dionysus, who stepped out of the Aidepsos baths at Chalkis wearing only an Ivy Wreath and Panther Skin over his shoulder. Archeological Museum of Chalkida Arethoussa. @NaroPinosa on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naropinosart 🪷
🪷 #NovemberCountdown to the birthday of Antinous on November 27th: #Antinous as #Bacchus / #Dionysus at #Hermitage Museum #StPetersburg Russia.🪷
🪷November 21st is #WorldTelevisionDay: #Antinous frequently appears on television, usually as statuary in dramas, series and documentaries. The #Townley #Antinoos / #Dionysus bust even makes a cameo appearance in this Specsavers TV commercial! Watch: https://youtu.be/pqOwg0dqApY 🪷
🪷 #Antinous as #Dionysus, the Townley marble bust from the British Museum. La Passione di Roma perfume scent advertisement for #Fendi 1986 by photographer Sheila Metzner. 🪷
🪷 In November 128 AD #Hadrian and #Antinoos visit #Thebes #Boeotia, sacred city of #Dionysos and the Sacred Band of Thebes, Theban Army Of Lovers. #AntoniusSubia says: "It is here that #Antinous is initiated into the Mysteries of #Dionysus." More here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/11/antinous-in-thebes.html #ThebanBand #BandOfThebes #ArmyOfLovers 🪷
🪷 #NovemberCountdown to the birthday of #Antinous on November 27th. Art photography by Andreja Izta Juračič In the 18th Century, art historian Johann Joachim #Winckelmann said the #Mondragone bust of #Antinoos as #Dionysus is "so immaculate that it appears to have come fresh from the hands of the artist". Once the head of a colossal statue, it now resides in the Louvre in Paris. It originally had gemstone eyes. The holes on headband were where priests affixed floral wreaths or other adornment. 🪷
🪷 #NovemberCountdown to the birthday of Antinous on November 27th: #Antinous as #Dionysus with exquisite Thyrsus staff and ivy wreath at the NY Carlsberg Glyptotek #Glyptoteket Art Museum in Copenhagen. 🪷
🪷 #NovemberCountdown to the birthday of Antinous on November 27th: This bust at our Temple of #Antinous in São Paulo Brazil is based on the #Antinoos / #Dionysus in #RioDeJaneiro 's Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, the only ancient Antinous sculpture in the Southern Hemisphere. 🪷
In 186 B.C.E., the Roman Senate banned the bacchanalia-the pleasure-centered
festivals of the worshippers of Dionysus. Attitudes of the ruling elite toward women,
same-sex love, and transgender are documented by Roman historian Livy’s sum¬
mary of a consul’s argument in favor of the ban: “A great number of adherents are
women, which is the origin of the whole trouble. But there are also men like women,
who have joined in each other’s defilement.... Do you think, citizens, that young
men who have taken this oath can be made soldiers?”
Leslie Feinberg
Transgender warriors
🪷🍷 October 15th is National Red Wine Day #RedWineDay. Raise your glass of wine to #Antinous as #Dionysus / #Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. Art by #AntoniusSubia. #NationalRedWineDay 🍷 🪷
🪷🍷 11 Oct is the Roman #Meditrinalia wine festival of the new vintage. Raise your glass and offer libations to #Antinous / #Dionysus / #Bacchus. #Antinous art by #AntoniusSubia 🍷🪷
