The Priapus Poems

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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252067525
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Priapus Poems written by and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unmistakable by virtue of his exaggerated phallus, Priapus--one of Rome's minor fertility gods--inspired a host of epigrammatic poems that offer one of the best primary sources for the study of ancient sexuality. Despite their apparent frivolity, the Priapus poems raise basic questions of class and gender, censorship, and the nature of obscenity. The god's self-conscious indecency placed him squarely in the realm of comedy, but his role as guardian of fertility also gave him a deep religious significance. Richard Hooper's introduction explores this important duality and places the poems in their historical context. Essentially graffiti clothed in the refined forms of classical poetry, The Priapus Poems offers the reader "a trip to Coney Island in a Rolls Royce." Hooper's lively translation makes these playful poems available for the first time to the nonspecialist in an appealing, elegant, and readable version. This edition includes the original Latin texts as well as a commentary on classical references and textual problems.

Author : W H Parker
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040017509
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Priapea written by W H Parker and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-04-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1988, Priapea is a collection of eighty Latin epigrams, English translated, that make up the corpus Priapeorum, which displays remarkable skill, artistry and wit. Their elegance of style contrasts strikingly with their indecent subject matter. The poems are mostly spoken by, or addressed to, the lewd god Priapus, famous for the size and tenseness of his erect membrum virile or phallus. A main theme is the threatened use of his formidable organ to assault obscenely any intruders that he may catch thieving, but requests and offsprings made to Priapus, and his comparison of himself with other deities, also figure prominently among the poems. This book will be of interest of literature, classical studies, and translation studies.

Author : Conrad Aiken
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Priapus and the Pool, and Other Poems written by Conrad Aiken and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christer Henriksén
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118841727
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Ancient Epigram written by Christer Henriksén and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful look at the epic literary history of the short, poetic genre of the epigram From Nestor’s inscribed cup to tombstones, bathroom walls, and Twitter tweets, the ability to express oneself concisely and elegantly, continues to be an important part of literary history unlike any other. This book examines the entire history of the epigram, from its beginnings as a purely epigraphic phenomenon in the Greek world, where it moved from being just a note attached to physical objects to an actual literary form of expression, to its zenith in late 1st century Rome, and further through a period of stagnation up to its last blooming, just before the beginning of the Dark Ages. A Companion to Ancient Epigram offers the first ever full-scale treatment of the genre from a broad international perspective. The book is divided into six parts, the first of which covers certain typical characteristics of the genre, examines aspects that are central to our understanding of epigram, and discusses its relation to other literary genres. The subsequent four parts present a diachronic history of epigram, from archaic Greece, Hellenistic Greece, and Latin and Greek epigrams at Rome, all the way up to late antiquity, with a concluding section looking at the heritage of ancient epigram from the Middle Ages up to modern times. Provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the epigram The first single-volume book to examine the entire history of the genre Scholarly interest in Greek and Roman epigram has steadily increased over the past fifty years Looks at not only the origins of the epigram but at the later literary tradition A Companion to Ancient Epigram will be of great interest to scholars and students of literature, world literature, and ancient and general history. It will also be an excellent addition to the shelf of any public and university library.

Author : Leonard Charles Smithers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781853266171
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Priapeia, Sive, Diversorum Poetarum in Priapum Lusus, Or, Sportive Epigrams on Priapus written by Leonard Charles Smithers and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martial
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Epigrams from Martial written by Martial and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Leonard Smithers
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781546911012
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Priapeia written by Leonard Smithers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-25 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Pietro Bembo
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674017122
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lyric Poetry written by Pietro Bembo and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pietro Bembo (1470-1547), scholar and critic, was one of the most admired Latinists of his day. The poems in this volume come from all periods of his life and reflect both his erudition and his wide-ranging friendships. This volume also includes the prose dialogue Etna, an account of Bembo's ascent of Mt. Etna in Sicily during his student days.

Author : Leonard Smithers
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781517113841
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sportive Epigrams on Priapus written by Leonard Smithers and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-08-29 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sportive Epigrams on Priapus is a collection of poems.

Author : Gaius Valerius Catullus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Poems of Valerius Catullus written by Gaius Valerius Catullus and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: