PRIAPUS 1 . Penis 2 . Ancient Greco-Roman divinity who was depicted as a bearded little man, usually old, cursed with the possession of a disproportionately large penis. He was regarded as a god of fertility, both of the animal and plant worlds. Mythology tells that Hestia, goddess of home and bonfire, chaste and pure, got drunk and went to the forest to pass the monkey. PRIAPUS saw her asleep and wanted to rape her. A donkey saw them and bragged awakening Hestia, who denounced him to the other gods.