Rustic God

Priapus

Πρίαπος

Roman: Priapus

Overview

Rustic fertility god associated with gardens, livestock and agricultural abundance.

Olympian descendants

Gardens, fruit, livestock

Parentage varies; Aphrodite and Dionysus are a common later pairing.

No children recorded.

Beyond Antiquity

Priapus still appears in the modern world through language, science, medicine, astronomy or culture.

Today: A medical condition involving a prolonged penile erection.

The medical term derives from Priapus, the fertility god characteristically represented with an exaggerated phallus.