Sep
30
1:01 AM01:01
Antinous as Dionysus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Antinous was the so-called ‘favourite’ of Roman Emperor Hadrian. But we know it was more than just favouritism. You don’t turn your best friend into a god, create a cult in their name and make a statue like this, shown here as Dionysus, the god of wine. They were lovers ...