14. Charged To My Charge The Fieldlet Who : 14 PRIAPUS Commisso mihi non satis modestas quicumque attulerit manus agello, is me sentiet esse non spadonem. dicat forsitan haec sibi ipse: 'nemo hic inter frutices loco remoto percisum sciet esse me', sed errat: magnis testibus ista res agetur. Charged to my charge the fieldlet who shall dare...
64. One Than A Goose's Marrow Softer Far : 64 PRIAPUS Quidam mollior anseris medulla furatum venit huc amore poenae: furetur licet usque, non videbo. One than a goose's marrow softer far, Comes hither stealing for its penalty's sake: Steal he as please him: I will see him not. A certain one, more tender than the marrow of a goose, comes...
Title Page : PRIAPEIA SIVE DIVERSORUM POETARUM IN PRIAPUM LUSUS Or SPORTIVE EPIGRAMS ON PRIAPUS By Divers Poets In English Verse And Prose translation by Leonard C. Smithers and Sir Richard Burton [1890] Scanned at www.sacred-texts.com, December, 2000. {NOTE: This Has Been Scanned From Available Versions...
Infibulation : INFIBULATION Holyday, in his illustrations to the sixth Satire of Juvenal, describes the fibula as a 'buckle, clasp or suchlike stay, applied to those that were employed to sing upon the stage; the Praetor, who set forth plays for the delight of the people, buying youths for that purpose. And th...
20. Wealth Is My Loss Do Thou Vouchsafe : 20 TO PRIAPUS Copia me perdit: tu suffragare rogatus indicio nec me prode, Priape, tuo, quaeque tibi posui tamquam vernacula poma, de sacra nulli dixeris esse via. Wealth is my loss! Do thou vouchsafe lend aid to my prayer, Nor, by thy signal shown, me, O Priapus, betray: Whatso before thee I laid...
44. What Shouldest Say This Spear Be Wishing : 44 PRIAPUS Velle quid hanc dicas, quamvis sim ligneus, hastam, oscula dat medio si qua puella mihi? augure non opus est: 'in me' mihi credite, dixit 'aptetur veris usibus hasta rudis'. What shouldest say this spear (although I'm wooden) be wishing Whenas a maiden chance me in the middle to kiss...
Masturbation : MASTURBATION 'Veneri servit amica manus'--'Thy hand serves as the mistress of thy pleasure,' writes Martial (See Epigram 33, page 59). Elsewhere he speaks of the Phrygian slaves masturbating themselves to overcome the amorous feelings which the sight of their master having connection with his wife...
63. 'tis Not Enough, My Friends, I Set My Seat : 63 PRIAPUS Parum est quod hic ut fiximus semel sedem, agente terra per caniculam rimas siticulosam sustinemus aestatem? parum, quod hiemis perfluunt sinus imbres et in capillos grandines cadunt nostros rigetque dura barba vincta crystallo? parum, quod acta sub laboribus luce parem diebus pervigil...
65. This, With His Snout Aye Alert To Uproot : 65 TO PRIAPUS Hic tibi, qui rostro crescentia lilia mersit, caeditur e tepida victima porcus hara: ne tamen exanimum facias pecus omne, Priape, horti sit, facias, ianua clausa tui. This, with his snout aye alert to uproot the lilies a-blowing, Slain for thy victim 's the pig bred in the stye's...
List Of Agricultural And Horticultural Terms : LIST OF AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL TERMS USED TROPICALLY IN A VENEREAL SENSE The word "hortus" is used in a punning sense in Epigram 4 to mean both a garden and a boy's posteriors. This second meaning is like the Greek "kepos" (a woman's privy parts), used by Diogenes. Plautus uses hortus...
29. Dreadful Wi' Sickle And Dire With Thy : 29 TO PRIAPUS 'Falce minax et parte tui maiore, Priape, ad fontem, quaeso, dic mihi qua sit iter.' Dreadful wi' sickle and dire with thy greater part, O Priapus! Prithee to me point out which be the way to the fount? Priapus, terrific with thy sickle and thy greater part, tell me, prithee, which is...
57. A Chough, A Caries, An Eld Worn Grave : 57 PRIAPUS Cornix et caries vetusque bustum, turba putida facta saeculorum, quae forsan potuisset esse nutrix Tithoni Priamique Nestorisque, illis ni pueris anus fuisset, ne desit sibi, me rogat, fututor. quid si nunc roget, ut puella fiat? si nummos tamen haec habet, puella est. A chough, a caries...
33. Wont The Priapi Of Old Were To Have Both : 33 PRIAPUS Naidas antiqui Dryadasque habuere Priapi, et quo tenta dei vena subiret, erat. nunc adeo nihil est, adeo mea plena libido est, ut Nymphas omnis interiisse putem. turpe quidem factu, sed ne tentigine rumpar, falce mihi posita fiet amica manus. Wont the Priapi of old were to have both...
42. Bailiff Aristagoras Of His Grapes High : 42 TO PRIAPUS Laetus Aristagoras natis bene vilicus uvis de cera facili dat tibi poma, deus. at tu sacrati contentus imagine pomi fac veros fructus ille, Priape, ferat. Bailiff Aristagoras of his grapes high-pedigree'd boasting Apples moulded in wax giveth, O Godhead, to thee: But thou, pleased...
21. An Fro' Me Woman Shall Thieve Or Plunder : 21 PRIAPUS Femina si furtum faciet mihi virve puerve, haec cunnum, caput hic praebeat, ille nates. An fro' me woman shall thieve or plunder me man or a man-child, She shall pay me with coynte, that with his mouth, this with arse. If a woman, man, or boy, thieve from me, let her coynte, his mouth...
32. A Damsel Drier Than The Raisin'd Grape : 32 PRIAPUS Uvis aridior puella passis, buxo pallidior novaque cera, collatas sibi quae suisque membris formicas facit altiles videri, cuius viscera non aperta Tuscus per pellem poterit videre haruspex, quae suco caret ut putrisque pumex, nemo viderit hanc ut exspuentem, quam pro sanguine pulverem...
Introduction : INTRODUCTION The "Priapeia", now for the first time literally and completely translated into English verse and prose, is a collection of short Latin poems in the shape of jocose epigrams affixed to the statues of the god Priapus. These were often rude carvings from a tree-trunk, human-shaped, with...
Alphabetical List Of Additional Terms Used : ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ADDITIONAL TERMS USED BY LATIN AUTHORS IN DESIGNATION OF THE FEMALE SEXUAL ORGAN Ager--a field, a woman's parts and even the buttocks "Alvus"--the womb "Amphidaeum"--the labia of the coynte "Antrum muliebre"--a woman's cave "Anulare" and "annulus"--a ring "Aquae fons"...
49. Thou, Who Art 'customed To View Around : 49 PRIAPUS Tu, quicumque vides circa tectoria nostra non nimium casti carmina plena ioci, versibus obscenis offendi desine: non est mentula subducti nostra supercilii. Thou, who art 'customed to view around the walls of our temple Verse of a strain jocose rather than modest and chaste, Cease to be...
45. Whenas The Rigid God Espied A Wight : 45 PRIAPUS Cum quendam rigidus deus videret ferventi caput ustulare ferro, ut Maurae similis foret puellae, 'heus' inquit 'tibi dicimus, cinaede, uras te licet usque torqueasque, num tandem prior es puella, quaeso, quod sunt, mentula quos habet, capilli?' Whenas the Rigid God espied a wight...
The Supine Posture In Coition : THE SUPINE POSTURE IN COITION In Epigram 18 on page 48, reference is made to that posture 'in congress in which the man lies supine, whilst the woman mounts on him, and procures the orgasm by her movements; vulgarly called 'St George' and '"le postillon"', this appears to have been a favourite...
1. In Play, Priapus : 1 TO PRIAPUS Ludens haec ego teste te, Priape, horto carmina digna, non libello, scripsi non nimium laboriose. nec Musas tamen, ut solent poetae, ad non virgineum locum vocavi. nam sensus mihi corque defuisset castas, Pierium chorum, sorores auso ducere mentulam ad Priapi. ergo quicquid id est...
91. I Am Not Hewd Of The Fragile Elm : 91 PRIAPUS UPON HIMSELF ALSO BY MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Non sum de fragili dolatus ulmo, nec quae stat rigida supina vena de ligno mihi quolibet columna est, sed viva generata de cupressu, quae nec saecula centiens peracta nec longae cariem timet senectae. hanc tu, quisquis es o malus, time...
28. Priapus Perish I An Words Obscene : 28 TO PRIAPUS Obscenis, peream, Priape, si non uti me pudet improbisque verbis. sed cum tu posito deus pudore ostendas mihi coleos patentes, cum cunno mihi mentula est vocanda. Priapus! perish I an words obscene And wicked terms to use I'm not ashamed: But whenas thou, a god (bylaying shame), To me...
56. Thou Too Dost Mock Me, Thief And The Infamous : 56 PRIAPUS Derides quoque, fur, et impudicum ostendis digitum mihi minanti? eheu me miserum, quod ista lignum est, quae me terribilem facit videri. mandabo domino tamen salaci, ut pro me velit irrumare fures. Thou too dost mock me, Thief! and the infamous Finger dost point when menacd by me! Ah...
Priapeia. Alphabetical List Of First Lines : A certain person, an thou please (Priapus!).... [50] A chough, a caries, an eld-worn grave.... [57] A damsel drier than the raisin'd grape,.... [32] A robber famed for greed exceeding wonder.... [92] A she (than Hector's parent longer aged,.... [11] A starveling stranger made me laughing-stock...
15. Rare As Those Apples Wherewith Hippomenes : 15 TO PRIAPUS Qualibus Hippomenes rapuit Schoeneida pomis, qualibus Hesperidum nobilis hortus erat, qualia credibile est spatiantem rure paterno Nausicaam pleno saepe tulisse sinu, quale fuit malum quod littera pinxit Aconti, qua lecta cupido pacta puella viro est: taliacumque pius dominus...
Postures Of Coition : POSTURES OF COITION The Roman voluptuaries were accustomed to ornament their chambers with licentious paintings, the subjects of which were chiefly taken from the works of Philaenis, Elephantis and other erotic writers. Thus Lalage lays a series of tablets, representing different postures...
13. Here' Here Nor Dare Expect : 13 PRIAPUS Huc huc, quisquis es, in dei salacis deverti grave ne puta sacellum. et si nocte fuit puella tecum, hac re quod metuas adire, non est. istuc caelitibus datur severis: nos vappae sumus et pusilla culti ruris numina, nos pudore pulso stamus sub Iove coleis apertis. ergo quilibet huc...
36. We All Show Special Notes Of Bodily Shape : 36 PRIAPUS Notas habemus quisque corporis formas: Phoebus comosus, Hercules lacertosus, trahit figuram virginis tener Bacchus, Minerva ravo lumine est, Venus paeto, in fronte cornua Arcados vides Fauni, habet decentes nuntius deum plantas, tutela Lemni dispares movet gressus, intonsa semper...
43. Refrain From Deeming All My Sayings Be : 43 PRIAPUS Nolite omnia, quae loquor, putare per lusum mihi per iocumque dici. deprensos ego ter quaterque fures omnes, ne dubitetis, irrumabo. Refrain from deeming all my sayings be In sport bespoken for mine own disport; Thieves taken thrice or four tunes in the fact (Believe my word) I'll surely...
4. All The Conditions Priapus Made With : 4 ON PRIAPUS Quam puero legem fertur dixisse Priapus, versibus hic infra scripta duobus erit: 'quod meus hortus habet, sumas impune licebit, si dederis nobis, quod tuus hortus habet'. All the conditions (they say) Priapus made with the youngling Written in verses twain mortals hereunder can read:...
Bestiality : BESTIALITY Although references in the classics to bestiality are not unfrequent, in Epigram 52 (page 76) is the only passage I can call to mind which treats of an animal sodomising a man. In Juvenal we read, 'If he be missing, and men are wanting, she does not delay to submit her buttocks...
40. Yon Telethusa Befamed Amid The Damsels : 40 TO PRIAPUS Nota Suburanas inter Telethusa puellas, quae, puto, de quaestu libera facta suo est, cingit inaurata penem tibi, sancte, corona: hunc pathicae summi numinis instar habent. Yon Telethusa befamd amid the damsels Suburran (Who by her gains I hold freedwoman now is become) Girds with...
31. Long As Thy Wanton Hand To Pluck Refrain : 31 PRIAPUS Donec proterva nil mei manu carpes, licebit ipsa sis pudicior Vesta. sin, haec mei te ventris arma laxabunt, exire ut ipse de tuo queas culo. Long as thy wanton hand to pluck refrain Chaster than Vesta's self thou may'st remain Else thee my belly's arm shall loosen so Out of thy proper...
Sodomy With Women : SODOMY WITH WOMEN In the sixth line of Epigram 2 (page 34) a pun seems to be intended on the word "pocula", which is used in the double meaning of a drinking cup and the anus. Therefore, 'mingles luscious cups' also means allows sodomy to be committed upon him. Martial writes: Dulcia Dardanio...
76. Right Through The Middle Of Lads : 76 PRIAPUS Per medios ibit pueros mediasque puellas mentula, barbatis non nisi summa petet. Right through the middle of lads and of lasses a passage shall pierce This yard, yet shall it touch bearded ones only aloft. Through the middles of lads and girls will my mentule make its way; those bearded...
A List Of Terms Used In As Designations Of Priapus : NOTES EXPLANATORY AND ILLUSTRATIVE AND EXCURSUS A LIST OF TERMS USED IN THE PRIAPEIA AS DESIGNATIONS OF PRIAPUS Assiduus custos ruris--assiduous protector of the farm "Custos horti"--the garden protector "Custos hortorum"--protector of gardens "Custos rari nemoris"--guardian of a little grove...
55. Who Could Believe My Words 'tis Shame : 55 PRIAPUS Credere quis possit? falcem quoque - turpe fateri - de digitis fures surripuere meis. nec movet amissi tam me iactura pudorque, quam praebent iustos altera tela metus: quae si perdidero, patria mutabor, et olim ille tuus civis, Lampsace, Gallus ero. Who could believe my words? 'Tis shame...
List Of Terms Used In To Designate The Female : LIST OF TERMS USED IN THE PRIAPEIA TO DESIGNATE THE FEMALE SEXUAL ORGAN Cunnus--a coynte "Cunus albus"--coynte clothed in white, a prostitute "Cunnus consule natus"--a woman of noble birth "Cunnus garrulus"--a chattering coynte "Cunnus osseus"--a bony coynte, that of an old woman "Cunni...
23. Here Has The Bailiff, Now Of This Plentiful : 23 PRIAPUS Hic me custodem fecundi vilicus horti mandati curam iussit habere loci. fur habeas poenam, licet indignere 'feram'que 'propter holus' dicas 'hoc ego? propter holus'. Here has the bailiff, now of this plentiful garden the guardian, Bidden me care for the place he to my service entrusts...
50. A Certain Person, An Thou Please : 50 TO PRIAPUS Quaedam, si placet hoc tibi, Priape, fucosissima me puella ludit et nec dat mihi nec negat daturam, causas invenit usque differendi. quae si contigerit fruenda nobis, totam cum paribus, Priape, nostris cingemus tibi mentulam coronis. A certain person, an thou please (Priapus!), Plays...
69. What Then Had Trojan Yard Taeneri : 69 PRIAPUS Quid? nisi Taenario placuisset Troica cunno mentula, quod caneret, non habuisset opus. mentula Tantalidae bene si non nota fuisset, nil, senior Chryses quod quereretur, erat. haec eadem socium tenera spoliavit amica, quaeque erat Aeacidae, maluit esse suam. ille Pelethroniam cecinit...
List Of Terms Used In To Designate The Virile : LIST OF TERMS USED IN THE PRIAPEIA TO DESIGNATE THE VIRILE MEMBER OF PRIAPUS Arma inguinis--inguinal arms, belly weapons "Arma ventris"--belly weapons "Caput lubricum"--lubricious head "Columna"--column "Contus pedalis"--twelve-inch pole "Cupressus"--cypress "E D temoque"--the letters E and D with...
86. Roses In Spring In The Autumn Fruits : 86 TO PRIAPUS Vere rosa, autumno pomis, aestate frequentor spicis; una mihi est horrida pestis hiemps. Nam frigus metuo et vereor, ne ligneus ignem hic deus ignavis praebeat agricolis. Roses in spring in the autumn fruits and in summer they bring me Wheat-ears, while to my mind winter is horrible...
82. While There Is Life 'tis Fitting To Hope : 82 TO PRIAPUS Dum vivis, sperare decet: tu, rustice custos, huc ades et nervis, tente Priape, fave. While there is life 'tis fitting to hope, O rustical guardian! Here be thou present and thou aid us, Priapus stiff-nerved. Whilst there is life, 'tis fitting to hope; do thou, O rustic guardian, be...
52. Ho Thou, Which Hardly Thy Rapacious Hand : 52 PRIAPUS Heus tu, non bene qui manum rapacem mandato mihi contines ab horto, iam primum stator hic libidinosus alternis et eundo et exeundo porta te faciet patentiorem. accedent duo, qui latus tuentur, pulchre pensilibus peculiati; qui cum te male foderint iacentem, ad partes veniet salax asellus...
2. Darkly Might I To Thee Say. Oh Give Me : 2 PRIAPUS Obscure poteram tibi dicere: 'da mihi, quod tu des licet assidue, nil tamen inde perit. da mihi, quod cupies frustra dare forsitan olim, cum tenet obsessas invida barba genas, quodque Iovi dederat, qui raptus ab alite sacra miscet amatori pocula grata suo, quod virgo prima cupido d...
89. This Grove To Thee Devote I Give, Priapus : 89 TO PRIAPUS ALSO BY CAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS Hunc lucum tibi dedico consecroque, Priape, qua domus tua Lampsaci est quaque cella, Priape. Nam te praecipue in suis urbibus colit ora Hellespontia, ceteris ostrior oris. This grove to thee devote I give, Priapus! Whose home be Lampsacus and holt...
19. Thunders Are Under Jove. With The Trident : 19 PRIAPUS Fulmina sub Iove sunt, Neptuni fuscina telum, ense potens Mars est, hasta, Minerva, tua est, sutilibus Liber committit proelia thyrsis, fertur Apollinea missa sagitta manu, Herculis armata est invicta dextera clava: at me terribilem mentula tenta facit. Thunders are under Jove; with...
79. The Gods And Goddesses Deny Thy Teeth : 79 PRIAPUS At di deaeque dentibus tuis escam negent, amicae cunnilinge vicinae, per quem puella fortis ante nec mendax et quae solebat impigro celer passu ad nos venire, nunc misella landicae vix posse iurat ambulare prae fossis. The Gods and Goddesses deny thy teeth A bait, a whetting, neighbour...
67. Penelope's First Syllable Followed : 67 PRIAPUS Penelopes primam Didonis prima sequatur et primam Cadmi syllaba prima Remi, quodque fit ex illis, mihi tu deprensus in horto, fur, dabis: hac poena culpa luenda tua est. PEnelope's first syllable followed by firstling of DIdo Take, and of CAmus--the front also of REmus the head. Whatso...
54. E, D, An Thou Write, Conjoining The Two : 54 PRIAPUS CD si scribas temonemque insuper addas, qui medium vult te scindere, pictus erit. E, D, an thou write, conjoining the two with a hyphen, What middle D would bisect this shall be painted to view. If thou writest E and D then addest a joining line, that which wishes to cleave through...
73. Of Vergers Diligent Guard , Threat : 73 TO PRIAPUS Tutelam pomarii, diligens Priape, facito: rubricato furibus minare mutinio. Of vergers diligent guard (Priapus!), threat These robbing loons with thy red amulet. O Priapus, faithful protector of orchards, warn off the thieves with thy red-painted amulet.
17. Aye In This Prickle Of Ours The Bonniest : 17 PRIAPUS Commoditas haec est in nostro maxima pene, laxa quod esse mihi femina nulla potest. Aye in this prickle of ours the bonniest boon to be found is, Loose for my daily use never a woman can be. The greatest advantage in my penis is this, that no woman can be [too] roomy for me. [1...
24. This Staff Of Office Cut From Tree As 'tis : 24 PRIAPUS Hoc sceptrum, quod ab arbore est recisum, nulla iam poterit virere fronde, sceptrum, quod pathicae petunt puellae, quod quidam cupiunt tenere reges, cui dant oscula nobiles cinaedi, intra viscera furis ibit usque ad pubem capulumque coleorum. This staff of office cut from tree as 'tis...
53. Bacchus Often Is Wont With A Moderate : 53 TO PRIAPUS Contentus modico Bacchus solet esse racemo, cum capiant alti vix cita musta lacus, magnaque fecundis cum messibus area desit, in Cereris crines una corona datur. tu quoque, dive minor, maiorum exempla secutus, quamvis pauca damus, consule poma boni. Bacchus often is wont with...
18. Will Ever Telethusa, Posture Mime : 18 TO PRIAPUS Hic quando Telethusa circulatrix, quae clunem tunica tegente nulla exstans altius altiusque movit, crisabit tibi fluctuante lumbo: haec sic non modo te, Priape, possit, privignum quoque sed movere Phaedrae. Will ever Telethusa, posture-mime, Who with no tunic veiling hinder cheeks...
9. Why Laugh Such Laughter, O Most Silly Maid : 9 PRIAPUS Insulsissima quid puella rides? non me Praxiteles Scopasve fecit, nec sum Phidiaca manu politus; sed lignum rude vilicus dolavit, et dixit mihi: 'tu Priapus esto'. spectas me tamen et subinde rides? nimirum tibi salsa res videtur adstans inguinibus columna nostris. Why laugh such laughter...
10. 'ware Of My Catching If Caught, With : 10 PRIAPUS Ne prendare, cave, prenso nec fuste nocebo, saeva nec incurva vulnera falce dabo: traiectus conto sic extendere pedali, ut culum rugam non habuisse putes. 'Ware of my catching! If caught, with rod I never will harm thee Nor to thee deal sore wound using my sickle that curves. Pierced...
78. Though I Be Agd Now, Though Head And Chin : 78 TO PRIAPUS Quod sum iam senior meumque canis Cum barba caput albicet capillis: Deprensos ego perforare possum Tithonum Priamumque Nestoremque. Immanem stomachum mihi movetis, qui densam facitis subinde saepem et fures prohibetis huc adire. hoc est laedere, dum iuvatis; hoc est non admittere ad...
25. Hither, Quirites : 25 PRIAPUS Porro - nam quis erit modus? - Quirites, aut praecidite seminale membrum, quod totis mihi noctibus fatigant vicinae sine fine prurientes vernis passeribus salaciores, aut rumpar, nec habebitis Priapum. ipsi cernitis, effututus ut sim confectusque macerque pallidusque, qui quondam ruber...
11. A She (Than Hector's Parent Longer Aged : 11 PRIAPUS Quaedam haud iunior Hectoris parente, Cumaeae soror, ut puto, Sibyllae, aequalis tibi, quam domum revertens Theseus repperit in rogo iacentem, infirmo solet huc gradu venire rugosasque manus ad astra tollens, ne desit sibi, mentulam rogare. hesterna quoque luce dum precatur, dentem de...
Sodomy : SODOMY Paedico means to pedicate, to sodomise, to indulge in unnatural lewdness with a woman often in the sense of to abuse. In Epigrams 10, 16 and 31 jesting allusion is made to the injury done to the buttocks of the catamite by the introduction of the 'twelve-inch pole' of Priapus, and Ausonius...
51. What Be This Pother For What Cause Suspects : 51 PRIAPUS Quid hoc negoti est quave suspicer causa venire in hortum plurimos meum fures, cum quisquis in nos incidit, luat poenas et usque curvos excavetur ad lumbos? non ficus hic est praeferenda vicinae uvaeque, quales flava legit Arete, non mala truncis adserenda Picenis pirumve, tanto quod...
Braccae : BRACCAE The "braccae" (translated as 'hose' in Epigram 46, page 70) were a kind of loose trousers, covering little save the pudenda, in use amongst the Medes, Indians and Scythians. The following passage from Smollett's curious satirical novel, "The Adventures of an Atom", deserves quotation "...
95. First A Wild Fig Tree Trunk Was I, Not : 95 PRIAPUS BY QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS Olim truncus eram ficulnus, inutile lignum, cum faber, incertus scamnum faceretne Priapum, maluit esse deum. deus inde ego, furum aviumque maxima formido; nam fures dextra coercet obscaenoque ruber porrectus ab inguine palus; ast importunas volucres in vertice...
88. This Place, O Youths, I Protect, N : 88 PRIAPUS ALSO BY CAMS VALERIUS CATULLUS Hunc ego, o iuvenes, locum villulamque palustrem tectam vimine iunceo caricisque maniplis quercus arida rustica fomitata securi nutrior. Magis et magis fit beata quontannis! Huius nam domini colunt me deumque salutant pauperis tuguri pater filiusque...
68. An I Rustical Seem To Have Spoken Somewh : 68 PRIAPUS Rusticus indocte si quid dixisse videbor, da veniam: libros non lego, poma lego. sed rudis hic dominum totiens audire legentem cogor Homereas edidicique notas. ille vocat, quod nos 'psolen', 'psoloenta keraunon', et quod nos culum, 'kouleon' ille vocat. 'merdaleon' certe nisi res n...
To The Reader : THE EPIGRAMS TO THE READER Carminis incompti lusus lecture procaces, conveniens Latio pone supercilium. non soror hoc habitat Phoebi, non Vesta sacello, nec quae de patrio vertice nata dea est, sed ruber hortorum custos, membrosior aequo, qui tectum nullis vestibus inguen habet. aut igitur tunicam...
94. An Thou Would Fain Go Filled Thou Mayest : 94 A WHEATEN PRIAPUS ALSO BY MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Si vis esse satur, nostrum potes esse Priapum: Ipsa licet rodas inguina, purus eris. An thou would fain go filled thou mayest devour our Priapus; Even consume his yard--pure thou shalt ever remain. If thou desirest to appease thine hunger, thou...
77. Dodona Is Hallowed, Jupiter, To Thee : 77 TO PRIAPUS Dodone tibi, Iuppiter, sacrata est, Iunoni Samos et Mycena ditis, undae Taenaros aequorisque regi; Pallas Cecropias tuetur arces, Delphos Pythius, orbis umbilicum, Creten Delia Cynthiosque colles, Faunus Maenalon Arcadumque silvas; tutela Rhodos est beata Solis, Gades Herculis...
62. Sleep, O Ye Watchdogs Safe, While Aid : 62 PRIAPUS Securi dormite, canes: custodiet hortum cum sibi dilecta Sirius Erigone. Sleep, O ye watchdogs! safe, while aid in guarding the garden Lover his leman beloved, Seirius Erigone. Sleep dogs in safety: Sirius will watch over the garden with his beloved Erigone. [1. Sirius, the Dog Star...
80. Although With Yard Distent Weighted : 80 TO PRIAPUS Priape, quod sis fascino gravis tento, quod exprobravit hanc tibi suo versu poeta noster, erubescere hoc noli: non es poeta sarcinosior nostro. Although with yard distent (Priapus!) weighted (Wherewith our poet did reprove thee here In verse), on no wise deign thereat to blush; Thou...
85. Neither Of Garden Nor Of Blessed Vine : 85 TO PRIAPUS BY MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Non horti neque palmitis beati sed rari nemoris, Priape, custos, ex quo natus es et potes renasci, furaces, moneo, manus repellas et siluam domini focis reserues: si defecerit haec, et ipse lignum es. Neither of garden nor of blessd vine But of a little...
60. Hadst Thou As Many Of Apples As Offers : 60 TO PRIAPUS Si quot habes versus, tot haberes poma, Priape, esses antiquo ditior Alcinoo. Hadst thou as many of apples as offers of verses (Priapus!), Richer than Alcinous ancient of days were thy lot. If as many verses so many apples thou hast dedicated to thee, O Priapus, thou wilt be richer...
37. Why On Memorial Tablet Do They Limn : 37 THE INTERPRETATION OF A VOTIVE OFFERING Cur pictum memori sit in tabella membrum, quaeritis, unde procreamur? cum penis mihi forte laesus esset chirurgamque manum miser timerem, dis me legitimis nimisque magnis, ut Phoebo puta filioque Phoebi, curatum dare mentulam verebar. huic dixi: 'fer opem...
84. What News Be Here What Send Those Angry Gods : 84 TO PRIAPUS BY ALBUS TIBULLUS CONCERNING THE INERTIA OF HIS PRIVY MEMBER Quid hoc novi est? Quid ira nuntiat deum? Silente nocte candidus mihi puer tepente cum iaceret abditus sinu, venus fuit quieta, nec viriliter iners senile penis extulit caput. Placet, Priape, qui sub arboris coma soles...
12. Thou Shalt Be Pedicate , Thou Also Shalt : 12 PRIAPUS Percidere puer, moneo: futuere puella: barbatum furem tertia poena manet. Thou shalt be pedicate (lad!), thou also (lass!) shalt be rogered; While for the bearded thief is the third penalty kept. I warn thee, my lad, thou wilt be sodomised; thee, my girl, I shall futter; for the thief...
75. Why, O Ye Pathic Girls, With Sidelong : 75 PRIAPUS Obliquis quid me, pathicae, spectatis ocellis? non stat in inguinibus mentula tenta meis. quae tamen exanimis nunc est et inutile lignum, utilis haec, aram si dederitis, erit. Why, O ye pathic girls, with sidelong oglings observe me? Never this mentule of mine riseth erect from my gro...
48. Tho' See You Drenchd Wet That Part Of Me : 48 PRIAPUS Quod partem madidam mei videtis, per quam significor Priapus esse, non ros est, mihi crede, nec pruina, sed quod sponte sua solet remitti, cum mens est pathicae memor puellae. Tho' see you drenchd wet that part of me Whereby Priapus I am signified; Nor dew (believe me!) 'twas nor hoary...
34. At Holy Offering To The Lustful Godthief : 34 TO PRIAPUS Cum sacrum fieret deo salaci, conducta est pretio puella parvo communis satis omnibus futura, quae quot nocte viros peregit una, tot verpas tibi dedicat salignas. At holy offering to the Lustful God Hired was a harlot for a slender price To meet the common wants of commonweal;...
26. Well Known Darling Of Folk In The Circus : 26 TO PRIAPUS Deliciae populi, magno notissima circo Quintia, vibratas docta movere nates, cymbala cum crotalis, pruriginis arma, Priapo ponit et adducta tympana pulsa manu. pro quibus, ut semper placeat spectantibus, orat, tentaque ad exemplum sit sua turba dei. Well-known darling of folk...
72. An Thou Pluck Of This Orchard Fruit : 72 PRIAPUS Si commissa meae carpes pomaria curae, dulcia quid doleam perdere, doctus eris. An thou pluck of this orchard fruit to my guarding committed, How for losing the sweets grieve I thou quickly shalt learn. If thou pilferest the orchards entrusted to my care, that I grieve to lose...
Dancing Girls : DANCING GIRLS Lipsius discourses on public prostitutes in the theatre. Telethusa and Quinctia were probably Gaditanian damsels who combined the professions of dancer and harlot. These dancing girls were called "saltatrices". Ovid in his "Amores", speaks of dancing women: 'One pleases by her...
6. Oft In My Speech One Letter Is Lost : 6 PRIAPUS Cum loquor, una mihi peccatur littera; nam te pe-dico semper blaesaque lingua mihi est. Oft in my speech one letter is lost; for Predicate always "Pedicate" I pronounce. Reason--a trip of the tongue! Whenever I speak, one word slips me; for, talking with a lisp, I always say instead...
47. Who Of You People Here Shall Come To Sup : 47 PRIAPUS Quicumque vestrum, qui venitis ad cenam, libare nullos sustinet mihi versus, illius uxor aut amica rivalem lasciviendo languidum, precor, reddat, et ipse longa nocte dormiat solus libidinosis incitatus erucis. Who of you people here shall come to sup Yet bring no verses suited to my...
35. Thief, For First Thieving Shalt Be Swived : 35 PRIAPUS Pedicabere, fur, semel; sed idem si deprensus eris bis, irrumabo. quod si tertia furta molieris, ut poenam patiare et hanc et illam, pedicaberis irrumaberisque. Thief, for first thieving shalt be swived, but an Again arrested shalt be irrumate; And, shouldst attempt to plunder time...
7. Matrons Avoid This Site, For Your Chaste Breed : 7 PRIAPUS Matronae procul hinc abite castae: turpe est vos legere impudica verba.- non assis faciunt euntque recta: nimirum sapiunt videntque magnam matronae quoque mentulam libenter. Matrons avoid this site, for your chaste breed 'Twere vile these verses "impudique" to read. They still come...
5. Though I Be Wooden Priapus : 5 PRIAPUS Quod sum ligneus, ut vides, Priapus et falx lignea ligneusque penis, prendam te tamen et tenebo prensum totamque hanc sine fraude, quantacumque est, tormento citharaque tensiorem ad costam tibi septimam recondam. Though I be wooden Priapus (as thou see'st), With wooden sickle...
A Word To The Reader : A WORD TO THE READER In the "Priapieia sive diversorum poetarum in Priapum Lusus", the friend with whom I have the pleasure to collaborate has come upon 'treasure trove', in the shape of a sprightly Latin cento of humour peculiarly Italic, most interesting to anthropologists and humanists...
27. Thou, Of Unrighteous Thought, That Hardly : 27 TO PRIAPUS Tu, qui non bene cogitas et aegre carpendo tibi temperas ab horto, pedicabere fascino pedali. quod si tam gravis et molesta poena non profecerit, altiora tangam. Thou, of unrighteous thought, that hardly canst Refrain from robbing this my garden-plot, With foot-long fascinum shalt...
30. Hie Thee Amid These Vines Whereof : 30 PRIAPUS Vade per has vites, quarum si carpseris uvam, cur aliter sumas, hospes, habebis aquam. Hie thee amid these vines wher an thou gather a grape-bunch Guest! of the water shalt drink serving for different use. Haste thee through these vines, for if thou hast plucked off their clustering...
90. Thou Who With Prickle Affrightest Men : ADDITIONAL EPIGRAMS 90 TO PRIAPUS BY MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Tu qui pene viros terres et falce cinaedos, iugera sepositi pauca tuere soli. sic tua non intrent vetuli pomaria fures sed puer et longis pulchra puella comis. Thou who with prickle affrightest men and passives with sickle...
3. These Tablets, Sacred To The Rigid God : 3 TO PRIAPUS Obscenas rigido deo tabellas dicans ex Elephantidos libellis dat donum Lalage rogatque, temptes, si pictas opus edat ad figuras. These tablets, sacred to the Rigid God, From Elephantis' obscene booklets drawn, Lalage offers and she prays thee try To ply the painted figures' every part...
87. I Thuswise Fashioned I : 87 PRIAPUS BY CAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS Ego haec, ego arte fabricata rustica, ego arida, o viator, ecce populus agellulum hunc, sinistra et ante quem vides, erique villulam hortulumque pauperis tuor malaque furis arceo manu. Mihi corolla picta vere ponitur, mihi rubens arista sole fervido, mihi...
16. What Hast Thou, Meddling Watch, With Me To Do : 16 PRIAPUS Quid mecum tibi, circitor moleste? ad me quid prohibes venire furem? accedat, sine: laxior redibit. What hast thou, meddling watch, with me to do? Why baulk the robber who to me would come? Let him draw nigh: the laxer shall he go. What hast thou to do with me, thou meddlesome watchm...
The Cunnilinges : THE CUNNILINGES To cause a woman to feel the venereal spasm by the play of the tongue on her clitoris and in her vagina was a taste much in vogue amongst the Greeks and Romans. Martial lashes it severely in several epigrams, that against Manneius being especially biting. Manneius, the husband with...
59. Know, Lest Due Warning Be Denied : 59 PRIAPUS Praedictum tibi ne negare possis: si fur veneris, impudicus exis. Know, lest due warning be denied by thee, An thief thou come male whore shalt surely flee. Know this, lest thou shouldst deny being warned, if thou comest a thief thou wilt go dishonoured.
71. A Starveling Stranger Made Me Laughing Stock : 71 PRIAPUS Illusit mihi pauper inquilinus: cum libum dederat molaque fusa, quadrae partibus abditis in ignem, sacro protinus hinc abit peracto. vicini canis huc subinde venit nidorem, puto, persecuta fumi, quae libamine mentulae comeso tota nocte mihi litat rigendo. at vos amplius hoc loco cavete...
8. 'why Be My Parts Obscene Displayed Without : 8 PRIAPUS Cur obscena mihi pars sit sine veste, requiris? quaere, tegat nullus cur sua tela deus. fulmen habet mundi dominus, tenet illud aperte; nec datur aequoreo fuscina tecta deo. nec Mavors illum, per quem valet, occulit ensem, nec latet in tepido Palladis hasta sinu. num pudet auratas Phoebum...
66. Thou, Who Lest Manly Mark Thy Glances Meet : 66 PRIAPUS Tu, quae ne videas notam virilem, hinc averteris, ut decet pudicam: nimirum, nisi quod times videre, intra viscera habere concupiscis. Thou, who lest manly mark thy glances meet, Hence fain avertest thee as suits the pure; No wonder 'twere if that to see thou fear'st Within thy vitals...
41. Whoso Comes Hither Shall A Bard Become : 41 PRIAPUS Quisquis venerit huc, poeta fiat et versus mihi dedicet iocosos. qui non fecerit, inter eruditos ficosissimus ambulet poetas. Whoso comes hither shall a bard become And to me dedicate facetious verse; But who thiswise doth not, 'mid learnd poets Shall pace with fundament fulfilled...
93. Carved Me No Rustic Boor His Artless : 93 ON THE PRIAPUS OF HILARUS ALSO BY MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Non rudis indocta fecit me falce colonus: dispensatoris nobile cernis opus. Nam Caeretani cultor ditissimus agri hos Hilarus colles et iuga laeta tenet. Aspice quam certo uidear non ligneus ore nec deuota focis inguinis arma geram, sed...
92. A Robber Famed For Greed Exceeding Wonder : 92 ON A CILICIAN THIEF ALSO BY MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS Fur notae nimium rapacitatis compilare Cilix uolebat hortum, ingenti sed erat, Fabulle, in horto praeter marmoreum nihil Priapum. Dum non uolt uacua manu redire, ipsum subripuit Cilix Priapum. A robber famed for greed exceeding wonder (Eke...
Irrumation : IRRUMATION The tertia poena (third punishment) referred to in Epigram 12 on page 42 is irrumation or coition with the mouth. The patient (fellator or sucker) provokes the orgasm by the manipulation of his (or her) lips and tongue on the agent's member. Galienus calls it "lesbiari" (Greek...
74. Not To Be Moved Am I. Shouldst Thou : 74 PRIAPUS Quod monear, non est, quia si furaberis ipse grandia mala, tibi bracchia macra dabo. Not to be moved am I; shouldst thou, Thief, venture on thieving These big apples, to thee "pommes de bragues" I will give. I am inflexible; if thou shalt steal my large apples, I will give thee...
58. Whatever Thief Shall Trick My Faith May He : 58 PRIAPUS Quicumque nostram fur fefellerit curam, effeminato verminet procul culo; quaeque hic proterva carpserit manu poma puella, nullum reperiat fututorem. Whatever thief shall trick my faith may he Wither, far banisht from th' effeminate bum! Whatever damsel plucks with wanton hand This...
38. Simply To Thee I Say Whatever To Say : 38 PRIAPUS Simpliciter tibi me, quodcumque est, dicere oportet, natura est quoniam semper aperta mihi: pedicare volo, tu vis decerpere poma; quod peto, si dederis, quod petis, accipies. Simply to thee I say whatever to say shall behove me, Since my 'nature' alway openly showeth to fight; Fain would...
Next. Alphabetical List Of Additional Terms Used : ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ADDITIONAL TERMS USED BY LATIN AUTHORS IN DESIGNATION OF THE MALE SEXUAL ORGAN Abdomen--the lower part of the belly "Aluta"--soft leather, a languid mentule "Anguis"--a serpent "Arbor"--a tree "Arcum"--a bow "Arma virilia"--the virile arms "Balanus"--a gland "Beta"--a beet...
70. When The Fig's Honied Sweet Thy Taste : 70 PRIAPUS Cum fici tibi suavitas subibit et iam porrigere huc manum libebit, ad me respice, fur, et aestimato, quot pondo est tibi mentulam cacandum. When the fig's honied sweet thy taste shall catch And hither tempt thee hand of thee to stretch; Glance at my nature, Thief! and estimate...
Erotic Classical Writers : EROTIC CLASSICAL WRITERS Elephantis (see Epigram 3, page 35) was a licentious Greek poetess who wrote on the different modes of coition. In her work (which has perished) it is supposed that she enumerated nine postures of venery. Astyanassa, the maid of Helen of Troy, was, according to Suid...
61. Why, Cultivator, Vainly Moan To Me : 61 TO PRIAPUS Quid frustra quereris, colone, mecum, quod quondam bene fructuosa malus autumnis sterilis duobus adstem? non me praegravat, ut putas, senectus, nec sum grandine verberata dura, nec gemmas modo germine exeuntes seri frigoris ustulavit aura, nec venti pluviaeve siccitasve, quod de se...
46. Ho Girl No Whiter Skinned Than Moorish Man : 46 PRIAPUS O non candidior puella Mauro, sed morbosior omnibus cinaedis, Pygmaeo brevior gruem timente, ursis asperior pilosiorque, Medis laxior Indicisve bracis, mallem scilicet ut libenter ires. nam quamvis videar satis paratus, erucarum opus est decem maniplis, fossas inguinis ut teram dolemque...
39. Form Charms In Mercury Have Might To Please : 39 PRIAPUS Forma Mercurius potest placere, forma conspiciendus est Apollo, formosus quoque pingitur Lyaeus, formosissimus omnium est Cupido. me pulchra fateor carere forma, verum mentula luculenta nostra est: hanc mavult sibi quam deos priores, si qua est non fatui puella cunni. Form-charms...
81. Know That This Crass Coarse Yard N : 81 TO PRIAPUS At non longa bene est, non stat bene mentula crassa et quam si tractes, crescere posse putes? me miserum, cupidas fallit mensura puellas: non habet haec aliud mentula maius eo. utilior Tydeus qui, si quid credis Homero, ingenio pugnax, corpore parvus erat. sed potuit damno nobis...
Depilation : DEPILATION BY CATAMITES Martial derides catamites for depilating their privy parts and buttocks. The following version of Martial's epigram against a beau ("bellus homo") is given by Dr James Cranstoun in the illustrative notes to his translation of Catullus: Cotilus, you are a beau; yes, Cotilus...
83. Bailiff Of House Whilom, Now I Of Fieldlet : 83 TO PRIAPUS Vilicus aerari quondam, nunc cultor agelli haec tibi perspectus templa, Priape, dico. Pro quibus officiis si fas est, sancte, paciscor, assiduus custos ruris ut esse velis. Improbus ut si quis nostrum violarit agellum, hunc tu -- sed tento. Scis, puto, quod sequitur. Bailiff of house...
22. Whoso Of Violets Here Shall Pluck Or Rose : 22 PRIAPUS Quicumque hic violam rosamve carpet furtivumve holus aut inempta poma, defectus pueroque feminaque hac tentigine, quam videtis in me, rumpatur, precor, usque mentulaque nequiquam sibi pulset umbilicum. Whoso of violets here shall pluck or rose, Or furtive greens or apples never bought...
