Hermes went to the abodes of the deathless gods, carrying his son. Then all the immortals were glad in heart and Bakkheios Dionysos in especial; and they called the boy Pan [all] because he delighted all their hearts. - Homeric Hymn

Pan
Chamo San

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Dionysos invited Apollo & Hermes to one of his orgies.
He looks only mildly interested in tickling the shepherd boy but Apollo seems very much into it 😁

Full resolution here:
https://t.co/lSMC7ecywN

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An addition to the collection. I want to go through all the choreos fully (meaning draw study sketches of all choreos step by step) to understand the style better. It’s a very good practice too. https://t.co/vGaQVIg09m

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Hermes, Dionysos and Apollo play with a lucky shepherd boy.

Dio looks like "dunno what Apollo's so excited about but I'mma go for the cock".

Full resolution here:
https://t.co/JExfqzVD9C

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Mosaics depicting the drinking contest between Dionysos and Herakles in Sepphoris, Israel and Antioch, Turkey

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As promised earlier, this is a thread about one of my favourite gods. I recently saw claims that he was born of a virgin on 25 December. This is not true. While the date of his birth is uncertain, the ancient Greeks did usually celebrated the birthdays of their gods.

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"Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus freezes" by Andrea Boscoli (1560-1607)

The title is a quote from "Eunuchus" a Roman comedy by Terence (185-159 BCE):

"That saying, 'Without Ceres and Liber, Venus freezes' is absolutely true!"

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Adèle et Tonio version finale. Petit recyclage pour les colonnes et j'ai refais un ciel étoilé

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40 ans après a aussi dessiné des de ! 👍💪

Sur ce dessin visible sur , on reconnaît l'Athéna de 3/4 face de Vélia et le Dionysos de Naxos, en 🏺🏺

A découvrir ici : https://t.co/4Mp3RWBPiU

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Hermes went to the abodes of the deathless gods, carrying his son. Then all the immortals were glad in heart and Bakkheios Dionysos in especial; and they called the boy Pan [all] because he delighted all their hearts. -Homeric Hymn

Pan
Chamo San

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Fresco of Dionysos and Ariadne, Getty Villa - https://t.co/8PrtJMMG3v

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Hello honeybees! How are you? We hope you didn't drown in food if you celebrated Easter, because... Next week we start with Chapter 3! Are you ready? ☘️🍷💃🕺🍷☘️

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I was watching an animated documentary about greek gods and Dionysos seems to be an interesting god 🤔

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Dedicate an appetizer to Dionysos, it's his birthday too!
We're going on a little hyatus to digest big italian dinners, and we wish you all the best of holidays! <3
Thank you for this year together!

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