OK, several large penises…
A good luck charm from the Secret Cabinet (Gabinetto Segreto) of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli.
Priapeia: Epigram 19
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.
(to be read in a Northern Accent)
Jove warns with the lightning flashes,
Neptune’s trident induces much fear,
Mars has a war-sword that he clashes,
Whilst Minerva, she carries a spear.
Bright Apollo? He shoots with a bow,
And Bacchus thwacks about with his stick,
Hercules’ club lays everyone low,
But none scare like my gigantic prick.
(my translation)
Posted by mym on 2005-11-06 23:57:47
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