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Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor
Garden of Priapus Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor
Author: Amy Richlin
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 serves as a model for Roman satire from Lucilius to Juvenal. Using literary, anthropological, psychologi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780300029024
ISBN-10: 0300029020
Publication Date: 7/1/1984
Pages: 296
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Publisher: Yale University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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