Religious intolerance resulted in executions of two men who lived in #Antinoopolis: Christian #Apollonius refused to bow to the gods. His Pagan lover #Philemon, flute player, stood by him to the death. Both were drowned in the Nile, like #Antinous: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2025/04/apollonius-and-philemon-saints-and.html
5 April #ReadARoadMapDay: Take the Blue Line to Alexandria and change to the #ViaHadriana Green Line for #Antinoopolis and Syene and points south up the Nile. Geographer #SashaTrubetskoy @sasha_trub has created this Roman Roads subway-style map: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-fantasy-subway-transit-map-of-ancient.html
since searching the internet is useless nowadays… i wanted to throw this out there…
is anyone familiar with translations of / resources for #Queer content found in the #Antinoopolis - #Oxyrhynchus #Papyri
inquiring minds want to know 
After #Antinous died, grieving #Hadrian visited #Oxyrhynchos (near #Antinoopolis) named for the #Oxyrhynchus fish that devoured the phallus of #Osiris. It is also where a big cache of documents has been found. More than just a fish tale! Full report: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/12/hadrian-at-city-named-for-fish-that.html
Italian archaeologists have returned to the Sacred City of #Antinous, #Antinoopolis Egypt, to resume archaeological digs. More here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/11/archaeologists-return-to-antinoopolis.html And watch this video about #Antinoupolis, the city founded by #Hadrian where #Antinoos died: https://youtu.be/v63vIsamXUY?si=oYuyy2bSRwwTGg13
#ReptileAwarenessDay
20 Oct is the Egyptian Festival of #Sobek the Egyptian #crocodile god, fierce protector. Archaeologists have found a croc buried under an #Antinoopolis temple ... to protect #Antinous for all eternity! Full report here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2024/10/ancient-crocodile-skeleton-found-under.html
Emperor #Hadrian loved #Antinous so much that when he died tragically in the Nile in October 130 AD, he declared #Antinoos a god and founded the city of #Antinoopolis there and erected temples and raised statues to him throughout the Roman Empire. The last Classical deity!
This linen-backed wool woven #Dionysus tapestry from the heyday of #Antinoopolis Egypt (known for fabulous fabric art) is extraordinary for its huge size: 210 cm x 700 cm (7 feet x 23 feet). The German language text says it adorned a Roman villa or temple. Full text: https://abegg-stiftung.ch/collection/der-spaetantike-mittelmeerraum/
#Hadrian loved #Antinous so much that when Antinous died tragically in the Nile in October 130 AD, he declared Antinous a god and founded the city of #Antinoopolis there and erected temples and raised statues to him. The last Classical deity. The ultimate Classical deity!
5 April #ReadARoadMapDay: Take the Blue Line to Alexandria and change to the #ViaHadriana Green Line for #Antinoopolis and Syene and points south up the Nile. Geographer #SashaTrubetskoy has created this Roman Roads subway-style map: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-fantasy-subway-transit-map-of-ancient.html
Happy Birthday to Andrew Prior, born 9th February, who created this stunning portrait of #Antinous the Gay God in the style of the #Antinoopolis/Fayoum funerary portraits ... encaustic paint-on-wax with gilding! This and other Fayoum-style portraits by this brilliant British artist were exhibited at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London during February LGBTQ+ History Month.
30 Oct 130 AD grieving #Hadrian founded #Antinoopolis on the Nile where #Antinous had died just days earlier. First priest and Epistrategos of #Antinopolis was #JuliusFidusAquila. The obelisk text says it was a mix of Egyptian and Greco-Roman styles. https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-founding-of-antinoopolis.html
3 Oct is the feast of the arrival of the body of #Osiris at #Abydos, site of the #Osireion tomb of Osiris. #Antinous is identified with Osiris. A mysterious "intentionally buried" chamber at #Antinoopolis could be an #Antinoeion. Full report here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-festival-of-tomb-of-osiris.html
Art by @idahlart Instagram ... Emperor #Hadrian loved #Antinous so much that when he died tragically in the Nile in October 130 AD, he declared #Antinoos a god and founded the city of #Antinoopolis there and erected temples and raised statues to him throughout the Roman Empire.
This is the only painted portrait of #Antinous, called the Tondo of the Two Brothers - or were they lovers? This unique double-portrait mummy faceplate was found in a cache of mummies at #Antinoopolis, the city #Hadrian founded where Antinous died: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-two-lovers-of-antinoopolis.html
This linen-backed wool #Dionysus tapestry from the heyday of #Antinoopolis Egypt (known for fabulous fabric art) is extraordinary for its huge size: 210 cm x 700 cm (7 feet x 23 feet). The German language text says it adorned a Roman villa or temple: https://abegg-stiftung.ch/collection/der-spaetantike-mittelmeerraum/
5 April #ReadARoadMapDay: Take the Blue Line to Alexandria and change to the #ViaHadriana Green Line for #Antinoopolis and Syene and points south up the Nile. Geographer #SashaTrubetskoy @sasha_trub has created this Roman Roads subway-style map: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2022/06/a-fantasy-subway-transit-map-of-ancient.html
Italian archaeologists have returned to the Sacred City of #Antinous, #Antinoopolis Egypt, after a long hiatus. Full report here: https://antinousstars.blogspot.com/2023/03/archaeologists-return-to-antinoopolis.html And watch this video about #Antinoupolis, the city founded by #Hadrian where #Antinoos died: https://youtu.be/v63vIsamXUY
