Venus sine concubitu, nunquam aliud natura aliud sapientia dixit. Editio altera
Title | Venus sine concubitu, nunquam aliud natura aliud sapientia dixit. Editio altera PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Peter BUCHAN |
Publisher | |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 1822 |
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Observations on the Principal Diseases of the Rectum and Anus ... Second edition, considerably enlarged
Title | Observations on the Principal Diseases of the Rectum and Anus ... Second edition, considerably enlarged PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas COPELAND |
Publisher | |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 1824 |
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Essay on the Mechanism of Parturition
Title | Essay on the Mechanism of Parturition PDF eBook |
Author | C. F. Naegele (German Physician.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 1829 |
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Venus sine concubitu, nunquam aliud natura aliud sapientia dixit
Title | Venus sine concubitu, nunquam aliud natura aliud sapientia dixit PDF eBook |
Author | Alexander Peter Buchan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 121 |
Release | 1822 |
Genre | Masturbation |
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Venus Sine Concubitu, Nunquam Aliud Natura Aliud Sapientia Dixit
Title | Venus Sine Concubitu, Nunquam Aliud Natura Aliud Sapientia Dixit PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 121 |
Release | 1822 |
Genre | Masturbation |
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The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975
Title | The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975 PDF eBook |
Author | British Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 536 |
Release | 1979 |
Genre | English imprints |
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Priapeia
Title | Priapeia PDF eBook |
Author | Leonard Smithers |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 2017-05-25 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781546911012 |
The Priapeia is a collection of ninety-five poems in various meters on subjects pertaining to the phallic god Priapus. It was compiled from literary works and inscriptions on images of the god by an unknown editor, who composed the introductory epigram. From their style and versification it is evident that the poems belong to the classical period of Latin literature. Some, however, may be interpolations of a later period. These poems were posted upon statues of Priapus that stood in the midst of gardens as the protector of the fruits that grew therein. These statues were often crude carvings made from tree trunks. They roughly resembled the form of a man with a huge phallus. The statues also promoted the gardens' fertility. The verses are attributed variously to Virgil, Ovid, and Domitius Marsus. However, most authorities on the matter regard them to have been the work of a group of poets who met at the house of Maecenas, amusing themselves by writing tongue-in-cheek tributes to the garden Priapus. (Maecenas was Horace's patron.) Others, including Martial and Petronius, were thought to have added more verses in imitation of the originals.