The Priapeia

Argument of the Book: Some have guessed that I was gathered from around Priapos' feet,of verses scrawled, of lines graffitied, and from inscriptions neat; others suppose I was composedby Maeceans' clever fellows when toasting P. in meter'd verse for bookish wit to show; many perceive the evidence of a fancy pedigree from Martial, Ovid, Juv, Catullus, and Virgil in composing me. Most recently my pages swell, tailing on Sir Richard Burton, as here by Curtis I'm augmented, and shortened, I'm certain. Yet, to the point, it matters not what ere the learned source is, so long as you do practice well the lesson of my courses.In review: This contemporary appreciation of the God of the Male Member, Priapus, remembers Roman precedent, borrows old prosody lightly to enliven lusty-life in sixty sonnets, each sonnet growing, swelling to invent sympathy for this ancient, honorable and gracious god now pitifully diminished in stature, in academic censure. Come! Join Priapus as we dance and sing, as we plant seed to give life, to give joy into one another.