Thus, the Greek God Hermes, the God of Fecundity in nature, is at times represented in unmistakable priapic attitudes.
Thus, while Hermes was a priapic deity, he was also a deity of the fields and the harvests; so the bull may have been chosen for its strength as well as its sexual attributes.
This fictitious character is represented in priapicattitudes in a number of illustrations of old English ballads.
The association of the goat withpriapic ceremonies has already been mentioned.
There are frequent references to certain of the gods of the Ancients being represented in priapic attitudes, the phallus being the prominent and most important attribute.
Small gods of clay are made in priapic attitudes before which the natives worship.
It appears on many ancient coins, with some symbol of the passive productive power on the reverse; and in other instances it is united with priapic and other emblems and devices, signifying other attributes combined.
The Assyrian goat attendant upon the deity, was in some bas-reliefs, not only represented in priapic attitudes, but a female sexual symbol was so placed as to signify sexual union.
He has observed idols in priapic attitudes, rudely carved in wood, and others made of clay.
Near the city of Bourges, at Bourg Dieu, there existed, during the Roman occupation of Gaul, an old priapic statue, which was worshipped by the surrounding country.
Whatever the significance of this rite--and it would seem to have its origin in priapic and bacchic worship--we cannot fail to observe how far too explanatory and how little ingenious the foregoing tale appears when adapted to it.
These two works together--the centuries of sonnets against Aretino, and thePriapic lucubrations--obtained a wide celebrity.
This was a semi-literary club of profligates with the Priapic emblems for its ensign.
Captain Burton[1] speaks of this custom with the Dahome tribe Small gods of clay are made in priapic attitudes before which the natives worship.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "priapic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
