The Priapus Poems
The Priapus Poems

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Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780252067525

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Unmistakable by virtue of his exaggerated phallus, Priapus--one of Rome's minor fertility gods--inspired a host of epigrammatic poems that offer one of the best primary sources for the study of ancient sexuality. Despite their apparent frivolity, the Priapus poems raise basic questions of class and gender, censorship, and the nature of obscenity. The god's self-conscious indecency placed him squarely in the realm of comedy, but his role as guardian of fertility also gave him a deep religious significance. Richard Hooper's introduction explores this important duality and places the poems in their historical context. Essentially graffiti clothed in the refined forms of classical poetry, The Priapus Poems offers the reader "a trip to Coney Island in a Rolls Royce." Hooper's lively translation makes these playful poems available for the first time to the nonspecialist in an appealing, elegant, and readable version. This edition includes the original Latin texts as well as a commentary on classical references and textual problems.

Priapus and the Pool
Priapus and the Pool

Author: Conrad Aiken

Publisher: Alpha Edition

Published: 2020-02-10

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9789354000294

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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

Priapea
Priapea

Author: W H Parker

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-04-01

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1040017509

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First published in 1988, Priapea is a collection of eighty Latin epigrams, English translated, that make up the corpus Priapeorum, which displays remarkable skill, artistry and wit. Their elegance of style contrasts strikingly with their indecent subject matter. The poems are mostly spoken by, or addressed to, the lewd god Priapus, famous for the size and tenseness of his erect membrum virile or phallus. A main theme is the threatened use of his formidable organ to assault obscenely any intruders that he may catch thieving, but requests and offsprings made to Priapus, and his comparison of himself with other deities, also figure prominently among the poems. This book will be of interest of literature, classical studies, and translation studies.

Priapeia
Priapeia

Author: Leonard Smithers

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-05-25

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9781546911012

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The Priapeia is a collection of ninety-five poems in various meters on subjects pertaining to the phallic god Priapus. It was compiled from literary works and inscriptions on images of the god by an unknown editor, who composed the introductory epigram. From their style and versification it is evident that the poems belong to the classical period of Latin literature. Some, however, may be interpolations of a later period. These poems were posted upon statues of Priapus that stood in the midst of gardens as the protector of the fruits that grew therein. These statues were often crude carvings made from tree trunks. They roughly resembled the form of a man with a huge phallus. The statues also promoted the gardens' fertility. The verses are attributed variously to Virgil, Ovid, and Domitius Marsus. However, most authorities on the matter regard them to have been the work of a group of poets who met at the house of Maecenas, amusing themselves by writing tongue-in-cheek tributes to the garden Priapus. (Maecenas was Horace's patron.) Others, including Martial and Petronius, were thought to have added more verses in imitation of the originals.

Priapeia
Priapeia

Author: David Padgett

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-03-15

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 9781986568326

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The Priapeia is a collection of ninety-five poems in various meters on subjects pertaining to the phallic god Priapus. It was compiled from literary works and inscriptions on images of the god by an unknown editor, who composed the introductory epigram. From their style and versification it is evident that the poems belong to the classical period of Latin literature. Some, however, may be interpolations of a later period. They can be found in Franz Bücheler's Petronii Arbitri Satirarum reliquiae (1862), Lucian Müller's Q. Valerii Catulli Carmina (1870), and Emil Baehrens's, Poetae latini minores, I. (1879).

Priapus and the Pool (Classic Reprint)
Priapus and the Pool (Classic Reprint)

Author: Conrad Aiken

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-10

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 9781333548735

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Excerpt from Priapus and the Pool Against old walls of houses there, Gustily shaking out in moonlight Their country sweetness on sweet air. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.