Antinous is smiling because 31 May is #NationalSmileDay ... Dia do Sorriso ... El Día de la Sonrisa. #Antinous/#Dionysus #Braschi Vatican Museums. Smile Image courtesy @yuno12870714

On 25 May #NationalWineDay raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus #Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. #Braschi #VaticanMuseums #SalaRotonda. Painting by #AntoniusSubia

This is #AntoniusSubia's suggestion for how a statue of #Antinous might have looked in an ancient temple ... with a real pink lotus budding from the top of his head and with real ivy leaves around his brow ... with every millimeter painted or gilded from head to toe ... inlaid gemstone eyes ... Imagine the colossal #Braschi #Antinoos/#Dionysus 3.3 m tall (11 feet) in a darkened temple with a sunray illuminating him. Temple of Antinous website: http://www.antinopolis.org/

No wars have been fought in the name of #Antinous, no one tortured or beheaded or burnt at the stake in his name. His religion embraces other deities and faiths. His ancient followers called him "The Most Great and Good God" and praised him for miracles of healing and love ... #Antinoos wears the Egyptian "HemHem" crown of divinity in this portrait by #Wolfkith based on the #Braschi statue.

#NovemberCountdown to the birthday of Antinous on November 27th: Colossal #Antinous/#Dionysus #Braschi statue at the Vatican museums.

#Antinous is smiling because the first Friday of October is World Smile Day #WorldSmileDay ... Dia do Sorriso ... El Día de la Sonrisa. #Antinous/#Dionysus #Braschi Vatican Museums.

Antinous and Hadrian "Eternos" montage photo by #FcoLeo based on the #Ildefonso Group statue of #Castor and #Pollux with heads from #Antinous/#Dionysus #Braschi (left) and #Hadrian #Uffizi.

Castle Howard in England is famous not only as the setting for the"Brideshead Revisited" and "Bridgerton" series but also as the home of this bust adapted from the colossal #Antinous #Braschi statue in the Sala Rotonda at the Vatican Museums.

On 25 May #NationalWineDay raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus/#Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. #Braschi #VaticanMuseums #SalaRotonda.

On 25 May #NationalWineDay raise your glass to #Antinous as #Dionysus/#Bacchus, god of ecstatic transcendence over death. #Braschi #VaticanMuseums #SalaRotonda.