Antinous the Gay God<p>🪷🐊 17 June is World Croc Day! No one knows how <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Antinous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antinous</span></a> died in the Nile in October 130 AD. Was a crocodile the last thing he saw? Did a crocodile devour and thus help deify <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Antinoos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antinoos</span></a>? Crocodile statue with Farnese Antinous at Canopus, Hadrian's Villa. Photo: <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Andr%C3%A9Durand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndréDurand</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/CrocDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrocDay</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/WorldCrocDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldCrocDay</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/CrocodileDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrocodileDay</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/WorldCrocodileDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldCrocodileDay</span></a> 🪷</p>