god
Priapus
also: Priapus
Rustic fertility god marked by a gross phallic image; Caligula's use of his name as a watchword was a coarse jibe at the tribune Chaerea's supposed effeminacy.
Reading notes
- On the Firmness of the Wise Man §18.3 Priapus
Rustic god of a gross phallic image; with 'Venus,' the obscene watchword by which Caligula mocked the tribune Chaerea.