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...t Greece and Rome, standing in gardens. The Athenians often conflated Priapus with Hermes, the god of boundaries, and depicted a hybrid deity with a winged helmet, sandals, and huge erection. Another attribute of Priapus was the sickle which he often carries in his right hand. Priapus synonyms, Priapus pronunciation, Priapus translation, English dictionary definition of Priapus. n. 1. Priapus Greek & Roman Mythology The god of procreation, ... Priapus definition, a god of male procreative power, the son of Dionysus and Aphrodite. See more. Priapus, in Greek religion, a god of animal and vegetable fertility whose originally Asian cult started in the Hellespontine regions, centring especially on Lampsacus. He was represented in a caricature of the human form, grotesquely misshapen, with an enormous phallus. Priapus was raised by shepherds, and spent a lot of time hanging out with Pan and the satyrs. However, all this cavorting in the forest with the fertility spirits proved frustrating f...