The garden of Priapus : sexuality and aggression in Roman humor / Amy Richlin.

Nugæ venales, : sive, Thesaurus ridendi & jocandi ad gravissimos severissimosque viros, patres melancholicorum conscriptos.

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The garden of Priapus : sexuality and aggression in Roman humor / Amy Richlin.

Nugæ venales, : sive, Thesaurus ridendi & jocandi ad gravissimos severissimosque viros, patres melancholicorum conscriptos.