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  2. Priapus - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Priapus (/ p r aɪ ˈ eɪ p ə s /; [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.

  3. Hermaphroditus - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus (/ h ər ˌ m æ f r ə ˈ d aɪ t ə s / ⓘ; Ancient Greek: Ἑρμαφρόδῑτος, romanized: Hermaphróditos, [hermapʰródi:tos]) was a child of Aphrodite and Hermes. According to Ovid, he was born a remarkably beautiful boy whom the naiad Salmacis attempted to rape and prayed to be united with forever.

  4. Lotis (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The story does not seem to feature in Ancient Greek vase-painting, and only occasionally in later art.Priapus and Lotis appear in the right foreground of The Feast of the Gods by Giovanni Bellini (c. 1514), [7] in an engraving by Giovanni Battista Palumba (c. 1510), and a drawing by Parmigianino of the 1530s.

  5. Phallus - Wikipedia

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    Priapus is a Greek god of fertility whose symbol was an exaggerated phallus. The son of Aphrodite and Dionysus, according to Homer and most accounts, he is the protector of livestock, fruit plants, gardens, and male genitalia. His name is the origin of the medical term priapism.

  6. Priapeia - Wikipedia

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    In their "Introduction" to the Priapeia, Smithers and Burton claim that "The worship of Priapus amongst the Romans was derived from the Egyptians, who, under the form of Apis, the Sacred Bull, adored the generative Power of Nature," adding that "the Phallus was the ancient emblem of creation, and representative of the gods Bacchus, Priapus ...

  7. Edward Dahlberg - Wikipedia

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    1968 – The Carnal Myth: A Search Into Classical Sensuality (essay) 1971 – The Confessions of Edward Dahlberg (autobiography) 1972 - The Sorrows of Priapus, consisting of The Sorrows of Priapus and The Carnal Myth (essays) 1972 – (editor) The Gold of Ophir: Travels, myths, and legends in the New World

  8. Hestia - Wikipedia

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    This story is an almost word-for-word repeat of the myth of Priapus and Lotis, recounted earlier in the same book, with the difference that Lotis had to transform into a lotus tree to escape Priapus, making some scholars suggest the account where Vesta supplants Lotis only exists in order to create some cult drama. [27]

  9. Metamorphoses in Greek mythology - Wikipedia

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    The Sisters of Phaethon are Transformed into Poplars by Santi di Tito, 16th century.. In ancient Greece, the surviving Greek mythology features a wide collection of myths where the subjects are physically transformed, usually through either divine intervention or sorcery and spells. [1]