v

Statuette of Priapus, dating to the II century A.D., now in the Ephesus Archaeological Museum (Efes Müzesi), in Selçuk near Izmir, Turkey. Priapus is an ithyphallic deity, whose cult was widely diffused both in Greece and Rome, from the early Hellenistic age (IV century B.C.) well down into the Christian Middle Ages. It was regarded as a minor god (divus minor), considered traditionally the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, his image was frequently put in the gardens as a protector of the cultivations. His image remained known even to the Cistercians, as an ancient fertility provider, guardian of the gardens in the monasteries (Olender 2005).

[Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Priapus_statues_%28Ephesus_Museum%29]




Male Symbols

Back

Statuette of Priapus, dating to the II century A.D., now in the Ephesus Archaeological Museum (Efes Müzesi), in Selçuk near Izmir, Turkey. Priapus is an ithyphallic deity, whose cult was widely diffused both in Greece and Rome, from the early Hellenistic age (IV century B.C.) well down into the Christian Middle Ages. It was regarded as a minor god (divus minor), considered traditionally the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite, his image was frequently put in the gardens as a protector of the cultivations. His image remained known even to the Cistercians, as an ancient fertility provider, guardian of the gardens in the monasteries (Olender 2005). [Source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Priapus_statues_%28Ephesus_Museum%29]