Priapus

First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 31

In Book 9, Chapter 31, Priapus is described as the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite. The passage also notes that Tibullus calls him “Bacchi rustica proles.”

Relationship record

Book 9 · Chapter 31

• parent: Dionysus “and say that he is the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.”
• parent: Aphrodite “and say that he is the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite.”
• with Tibullus (Tibullus refers to Priapus as “Bacchi rustica proles.”) “So Tibullus calls Priapus ‘Bacchi rustica proles,’ i. 4. 7.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.