Antinous as Dionysus Statue — Greek God of Wine | Ancient Sculpture (Free STL)

A graceful full-figure statue of Antinous portrayed as Dionysus (Bacchus), the Greek god of wine, ecstasy and revelry. Crowned with a wreath of ivy and vine leaves and holding the thyrsus — the pinecone-tipped staff sacred to the god — the youthful figure stands draped in a flowing mantle in the classic heroic style. After the death of Antinous, the beloved companion of Emperor Hadrian, he was deified and immortalized in countless statues across the Roman world, often blended with Dionysus as a…

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