{"collection":"Classics","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cla/priap/prp42.htm","path":"cla/priap/prp42.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cla/priap/prp42.htm","text":"Laetus Aristagoras natis bene vilicus uvis\n \u00a0\u00a0 de cera facili dat tibi poma, deus.\n at tu sacrati contentus imagine pomi\n \u00a0\u00a0 fac veros fructus ille, Priape, ferat.\nBailiff Aristagoras of his grapes high-pedigree'd boasting\n Apples moulded in wax giveth, O Godhead, to thee:\n But thou, pleased with the fruit in effigy placed on thine altar,\n Genuine 'fruit' vouchsafe he, O Priapus! shall bear.\nThe steward Aristagoras, rejoicing in his promising grapes, offers to thee, O God, apples formed from wax. Do thou, O Priapus, contented with the semblance of a votive apple, cause him to bear genuine fruit.[1]","title":"42. Bailiff Aristagoras of his grapes high-pedigree'd boa...","type":"page"}