The Garden of Priapus Sexuality and

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. In this book, Richlin argues that the attitude of sexual aggressiveness in defense 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 humor reinforces aggressive behavior on both the individual and societal levels, and that Roman satire provides an insight into Roman culture. Including a substantial and provocative new introduction, this revised edition is important not only as an in-depth study of Roman sexual satire, but also as a commentary on the effects of all humor on society and its victims.

Introduction
Toward a History of Sexuality
Feminist Work Within Classics
Philology, the New Historicism, and the Foucauldian Theory of Sexuality in Antiquity
Through the Garden and Back
Notes
Bibliography
Roman Concepts of Obscenity	p. 1
Apologiae	p. 2
Decorum in Prose	p. 13
"Four-Letter Words"	p. 18
Staining	p. 26
The Erotic Ideal in Latin Literature and Contemporary Greek Epigram	p. 32
Pueri	p. 34
Mistresses	p. 44
The Content and Workings of Roman Sexual Humor	p. 57
Descriptive Analysis: The Priapic Model	p. 57
The Genres of Roman Sexual Humor	p. 64
The Subjects of Roman Satire	p. 65
Other Models for Satire: Judgmental Analysis	p. 70
Graffiti, Gossip, Lampoons, and Rhetorical Invective	p. 81
Graffiti	p. 81
Gossip	p. 83
Lampoons	p. 86
Rhetorical Invective	p. 96
Literature Based on Invective: Invective against Old Women, Priapic Poetry, and Epigram	p. 105
Invective against Old Women	p. 109
Priapic Poetry	p. 116
Epigram	p. 127
Appendix: The Date and Authorship of the Carmina Priapea	p. 141
Catullus, Ovid, and the Art of Mockery	p. 144
Catullus	p. 144
Ovid	p. 156
Sexual Satire	p. 164
Lucilius	p. 164
Horace	p. 174
Persius	p. 185
Petronius	p. 190
Juvenal	p. 195
Conclusion	p. 210
Appendix 1. The Evidence on the Circumstances Surrounding Adultery at Rome	p. 215
Appendix 2. The Circumstances of Male Homosexuality in Roman Society of the Late Republic and Early Empire	p. 220
Invective	p. 220
Erotic Poetry	p. 222
Some Real-Life Evidence	p. 223
Ideals	p. 225
Notes	p. 227
Bibliography	p. 261
Addenda and Corrigenda	p. 273
Additional Bibliography	p. 292
Index of Passages Cited	p. 295
Index Verborum	p. 307
General Index	p. 311
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The Garden of Priapus Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor

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