Auteur: Richard Payne Knight

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HAVING last made a curious discovery, that in a Province of this Kingdom, and not fifty miles from its Capital, a sort of devotion is still paid to PRIAPUS, the obscene Divinity of the Ancients (thou …

A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus delves into the intricate relationship between fertility worship and sexuality in the Classical period. Written by an esteemed English scholar and antiquarian, R …