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pri·a·pus  (pr-ps)
n.
1. Priapus Greek & Roman Mythology The god of procreation, guardian of gardens and vineyards, and personification of the erect phallus.
2. An image of this god, often used as a scarecrow in ancient gardens.
3. A representation of a phallus.

[Latin Pripus, from Greek Pripos.]

Priapus [praɪˈeɪpəs]
n
1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) (in classical antiquity) the god of the male procreative power and of gardens and vineyards
2. (often not capital) a representation of the penis
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Noun1.priapus - (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyardsPriapus - (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and guardian of gardens and vineyards
classical mythology - the system of mythology of the Greeks and Romans together; much of Roman mythology (especially the gods) was borrowed from the Greeks


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While the female anasyrma is terrifying -- the Lycian women use it to drive back Bellerophon, and the Persian women to send the army out to fight -- the conventional gesture of Priapos is laughable and generally ineffective" (103-04).
 
 
 
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