Comment on Venus Priapus

Cucullus hoods were used not only by shepherds and hunters who needed protection from the weather, but also by members of the upper classes who wished to move about without being recognized; see Smith (ed.), op. cit. 1870, p. 372, and Judith Lynn Sebesta & Larissa Bonfante, The World of Roman Costume, Wisconsin 2001, p. 229.

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