Hermaphroditus
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In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hermaphroditus is a child of Aphrodite and Hermes. Because Hermaphroditus was a child of Hermes, and consequently a great-grandchild of Atlas, he is sometimes
Herculaneum fresco 1–50 AD, National Archaeological Museum, Naples
Hermaphroditos, holding a torch and a kantharos, between Silenus (right) and maenad (left); Roman fresco from the triclinium of the procurator in the Casa del Centenario (IX 8,3–6) in Pompeii
The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus by François-Joseph Navez (1829), based on Ovid's Metamorphoses
Hermaphroditus statue from Pergamum, Hellenistic, 3rd century BC (Istanbul)
Sleeping Hermaphroditus
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Sleeping Hermaphroditus or Sleeping Hermaphrodite is an ancient Roman marble sculpture depicting Hermaphroditus life size; it rests on a marble mattress completed by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernin
Hermaphroditus
…Algernon Charles Swinburne's poem "Hermaphroditus" in Poems and Ballads is subscribed Au Musée du Louvre, Mars 1863, leaving no doubt that it was the Borghese Hermaphroditus that had inspired his ode. In Greek vase painting Hermaphroditus was depicted as a winged youth with male and female attributes…
Sleeping Hermaphroditus, Louvre Museum, Paris 14 July 2013
Sleeping Hermaphroditus, The Louvre, Paris
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