god
Priapus
The crudely ithyphallic garden-and-fertility god, byword for rampant lust — what even Hippolytus would become.
Reading notes
- The Loves §2.4 Priapus
The grossly ithyphallic fertility god; byword for unrestrained lust, the opposite of chaste Hippolytus.
- The Festivals §6.9 Priapus
The ithyphallic garden-god whose attempt on the sleeping Vesta was foiled by the braying of Silenus's ass.
- The Festivals §9 red Priapus
The red-painted ithyphallic garden-god (the 'Hellespontine god' of Lampsacus); his attempt on Lotis is exposed by the braying ass, so the ass becomes his victim.
- Metamorphoses §9.258 Priapus
The ithyphallic fertility god whose pursuit Lotis fled.
- Metamorphoses §14.460 the god who scares thieves with pruning-hook or with his member
Priapus, the ithyphallic garden-god whose statue, with sickle and erect phallus, warded off thieves and birds from orchards.
- Sorrows §1.10 rustic god
Priapus, the ithyphallic garden-and-fertility god, patron of Lampsacus.