[94] Numbers, Ch. 23. v. 28. Deuteronomy, Ch. 4, v. 46.
[95] _Jonathan_, on Numbers Ch. 25. v. I. Might one draw attention to the old Greek πέος (the penis), which is found in _Aristophanes_ and _Antipater_,—p. 72. Note 2. loco citato? The adjective πεοίδης (πεώδης) is given in _Eustathius_ according to _Schneider_, in the sense: with thick, swollen member; and _Rodigin_, Lect. Antiq. Bk. VIII. ch. 6. p. 377, says: Postremo qui ex intemperanti Veneris usu pereunt, dicuntur _Peolae_, media producta, quia Peos signet pudendum, sive veretrum, (Lastly those who are undone by excessive indulgence in Love are called _Peolae_, with the middle vowel long, because _Peos_ means the private, or privy, member. Possibly the old form was πέορ, just as sometimes πόϊρ stands for πάϊς in the Laconian dialect. Moreover _Penis_ might surely more readily be derived from πέος than from what is commonly given as its derivation, _pendendo_ (because it hangs), in as much as the parts of the body are named from the condition of their activity, not of their rest. Thus Baal-_Peor_ would be “Lord of the Penis”! ἄναξ Πρίηπος (King Priapus).
[96] _Lintschotten_, “Orientalische Reisen,” (Eastern Travels), Pt I. ch. 33.—_Beyer_ on _Seldens_, Syntagm. de Diis Syris, p. 235. perhaps the Greeks called the penis also κτείς on this account,—κτεὶς from κτέω, I cleave!
[97] _Gynaeologie_, Vol. II. p. 337. The worship of the Lingam is reported among the Druses by _Buckingham_, “Travels among the Arab Tribes inhabiting the Countries east of Syria and Palestine, etc.” London 1825. p. 394. On the worship of _Gopalsami_, a god of a similar character to Priapus worshipped in the neighbourhood of Jagrenat, and the licentious representations customary at his festival, even including representations of unnatural lusts, compare _Hamilton_, “A New Account of the East Indies.” Edinburgh 1727. 8vo. pp. 378 sqq.—_Moore, C._, “Narrative of the Operations of Capt. Little’s Detachment, and of the Mahratta Army.” London 1794. 4to., p. 45.—There were similar representations in several temples of Mexico. _Kircher_, Oedipus Aegypt., I. sect. 5. p. 422.—_J. de Laet_, “Beschryvinge van West-Indien,” (Descriptions of the West Indies). Leyden 1630. fol., Bk. VI. ch. 5. p. 284.