The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor by Amy Richlin

The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor

Amy Richlin

352 pages first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Statues of the god Priapus stood in Roman gardens to warn potential thieves that the god would rape them if they attempted to steal from him. In this book, Richlin argues that the attitude of sexual aggressiveness in defense of a bounded area serv...

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