I'm joining the @phistorians in some tasteful sophrosyne this #PhallusThursday 
Tiny, flaccid, and golden, this adorable little fella hails from Narbonne where he used to be the amulet of a person buried there. Note the detailed curly pubes!
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Made for the Baths of Caracalla, the Farnese Hercules is larger than life marble sculpture and is our pick for #PhallusThursday. It is thought to be based on a Greek bronze sculpture by Lysippos or someone close to him created in the fourth century BCE.
The Farnese Hercules is very muscular, a sign of his heroic strength and can be easily identified by the objects around him. He leans on his club, a common symbol connected with Hercules. This identity is reinforced by the skin of the Nemean lion which is draped over the club. He also holds the apples of the Hesperides behind his back. One of his labours required him to steal these apples.
When the sculpture was rediscovered in 1546 it soon became part of the Farnese family collection until it was moved to the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli in the eighteenth century.
"Like what you see? That's 5 obols for one ride."
Does this phallus belonging to a victorious athlete deserve a victor's laurel crown as well?
Greek bronze sculpture, made between 300 and 100 BCE
We’re not saying you definitely need to visit Delos, but we’re not not saying that either 
Happy #PhallusThursday to all those who celebrate 
What does the perfect Roman phallus look like? Not like this it doesn't! 
Since today is #WorldTheatreDay – you all know this already – but #Dionysos is the God of Theatre!
#Theatre performances were held in his honour and probably evolved from the jokes made during the Dionysia's procession of phalloi 
@mythology @pagan #PhallusThursday #ancientGreece #ancientGreekReligion
Do you like 'em long and thin or short and thicc?
“Top of the Thursday to you,” said Silenus to the passersby on the way to Athens. Such a sign as the one offered by Silenus is surely a positive one! While the Greeks preferred sophrosyne for themselves, the ways of the divine were clearly different.
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Phallus from #Pompeii that was placed outside a shop. I hope the shopkeeper had all the luck they could hope for and that happiness lived there.
This glorious fresco of Priapus is our pick for #PhallusThursday! To enter the House of the Vettii is to come face-to-face with this exceptional image. Priapus’ substantial phallus is placed on the scales next to a sack thought to be filled with money.
When tasteful sophrosyne is not your thing.
It wasn’t just the Romans who were keen on the symbolism of the phallus, here the Egyptian god Osiris reveals maybe more than anyone was expecting!
#PhallusThursday Winged #fascinus poly-phallic emblem to ward off evil from a house and allow in only "neighbors and friends" as the Greek inscription says, 1st Century AD.
Some folk need the very best protection that a phallic amulet can offer, so of course they come in gold for the discerning who need protection from the evil eye #PhallusThursday
