Priapus is repeatedly mentioned in Petronius's "Satyricon", and some have drawn parallels between his hounding of the protagonist and that of Poseidon in Homer's "Odyssey".
Priapus is repeatedly mentioned in Petronius's "Satyricon". William Arrowsmith, in the introduction and notes to his translation of the work, draws parallels between his hounding of the protagonist and that of Poseidon in Homer's "Odyssey".