locaantiqua-blog:Well-Endowed Mercury (Priapus with Caduceus or Priapus-Mercury), Pompeii, Fresco, c
locaantiqua-blog:Well-Endowed Mercury (Priapus with Caduceus or Priapus-Mercury), Pompeii, Fresco, c. 89 B.C. to 79 B.C., Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples“A character with the beard and giant erect phallus of Priapus is walking away with the caduceus and winged sandals of Mercury (supposedly, the humour was to see Priapus thieving the god of thieves, but both are gods of fertility and abundance)” -- source link
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