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Amy Richlin

Garden of Priapus

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Product details

  • ISBN 9780195068733
  • Weight: 553g
  • Dimensions: 157 x 233mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Oct 1992
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description
Statues of the god Priapus stood in Roman gardens to warn potential thieves that the god would rape them if they attempted to steal from him. Amy Richlin argues that the attitude of sexual aggressiveness in defence of a bounded area serves as a model for Roman satire from Lucilius to Juvenal. Using literary, anthropological, psychological, and feminist methodologies, she suggests that aggressive sexual humour reinforces aggressive behaviour on both the individual and societal level, and that Roman satire provides an insight into Roman culture.