Priapus

Priapus
God of fertility, vegetables, nature, livestock, fruit, beekeeping, sex, genitals, masculinity, and gardens
Fresco of Priapus, House of the Vettii, Pompeii
SymbolDonkey, flowers, fruit, vegetables, fish, bees
Genealogy
ParentsDionysus and Aphrodite;
Hermes and Aphrodite;
Dionysus and Chione;
Zeus and Aphrodite
Pan
SiblingsCharites, Eros, Hermaphroditos, Hymenaios, Pan, satyrs

In Greek mythology, Priapus (/prˈpəs/;[1] Ancient Greek: Πρίαπος, Príapos) is a minor rustic fertility god, protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male genitalia. Priapus is marked by his oversized, permanent erection, which gave rise to the medical term priapism. He became a popular figure in Roman erotic art and Latin literature, and is the subject of the often humorously obscene collection of verse called the Priapeia.

  1. ^ "Priapus". Collins Dictionary. n.d. Retrieved 24 September 2014.