Priapeia

The share that Sir Richard Burton had in the translation of the Priapeia has been the subject of dispute; but we are able to state positively that he was the author of the metrical portion.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906

Some time elapsed before I had time to examine the Marquis of Mosca's collection of Latin poets, amongst which the 'Priapeia' found no place.

Memoirs of Casanova — Volume 29: Florence to Trieste Giacomo Casanova 1761

Some time elapsed before I had time to examine the Marquis of Mosca's collection of Latin poets, amongst which the 'Priapeia' found no place.

The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova Giacomo Casanova 1761

In the Priapeia, the wayfarer is warned by Priapus to refrain from stealing fruit under penalty of being assaulted from the rear, and the God adds that, should this punishment hold no terrors, there is still the possibility that his mentule may be used as a club by the irate landowner.

Satyricon 2007

All translators have rendered "contus" by "pole," notwithstanding the fact that the word is used in a very different sense in Priapeia, x, 3: "traiectus conto sic extendere pedali," and contrary to the tradition which lay behind the gift of an apple or the acceptance of one.

Satyricon 2007

Another anecdote for you: At Oxford, I took an history of sexuality course, where we had to read such great tomes as: "Discourse on the Worship of Priapus" (1786), the Kama Sutra (obviously), and the Priapeia (translated by Sir Richard Burton in the 1800s).

About that silhouette. Ann Althouse 2007

Almost all the notes in the Priapeia, for example, can be found in some form or other in

The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

The Priapeia, in its Latin form Priapeia sine Diversoreun poetarum in Priapum Lusus, is a work that has long been well known to scholars, and in the 16th and 17th centuries editions were common.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

Priapeia has been the subject of dispute; but we are able to state positively that he was the author of the metrical portion.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

It may be remembered also that Burton as good as denied that he translated The Priapeia.

The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003