: a Greek and Roman god of gardens and male generative power
Examples of Priapus in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThen, in 2016, something even stranger happened: the seller posted on eBay a fragment of an onyx cameo featuring a young woman in profile alongside Priapus, the god of fertility.—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 6 May 2024 Visitors enter through the atrium, a courtyard and reception area featuring a fresco of Narcissus, the young man who fell in love with his own reflection, and a statue of Priapus.—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2022
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