Mythology & Folklore
Book XVI, 261: On Priapus
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Mythology & Folklore
I, Priapus, stand as a guardian at the meeting of the roads, my club standing straight out from my thighs. For Theocritus set me up to serve him faithfully. But keep your distance, Sir thief, lest you weep, receiving the thing you see.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Book XVI, 261: On Priapus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/96/.
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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Book XVI, 261: On Priapus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/96/.
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