Priapos isn't just a god of dicks, bees, and abundant orchards. He was also a patron god for navigators on the sea, of merchant sailors in ancient Greece and Rome. Apotropaic items carried on board by mariners in the forms of a terracotta phallus and a wooden Priapos figure were found in shipwrecks, coinciding with the use of wooden Priapic markers erected in areas of dangerous passage or particular landing areas for sailors.
