Antinous the Gay God<p>🪷 March 11th is a feast of <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Hercules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hercules</span></a>. Statue of <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Antinous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antinous</span></a> as <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Heracles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heracles</span></a> at the Paris Louvre. Hercules was married several times, but also had many male lovers, including <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/charioteer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charioteer</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Iolaus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iolaus</span></a>. <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Plutarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plutarch</span></a> says male couples would journey to Iolaus' tomb to swear an oath of devotion to each other. 🪷</p>