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{{short description|Son of Aphrodite and Hermes in Greek mythology}}
{{other uses|Hermaphrodite (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Ermafrodito, affresco Romano di Ercolano (1–50 d.C., Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli) - 02.jpg|thumb|[[Herculaneum]] fresco 1–50 AD, [[National Archaeological Museum, Naples]]]]
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Hermaphroditus''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=En-us-Hermaphroditus.ogg|h|ər|ˌ|m|æ|f|r|ə|ˈ|d|aɪ|t|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ἑρμαφρόδιτος}}, {{IPA|grc|hermapʰródi:tos|}}) was a child of [[Aphrodite]] and [[Hermes]]. According to [[Ovid]], he was born a remarkably beautiful boy whom the [[naiad]] [[Salmacis]] attempted to rape and prayed to be united with forever. A god, in answer to her prayer, merged their two forms into one and transformed him into a [[hermaphrodite]]. His name is compounded of his parents' names, Hermes and Aphrodite.<ref>[[Diodorus Siculus]], Library of History 4. 6. 5 "... Hermaphroditus, as he has been called, who was born of Hermes and Aphrodite and received a name which is a combination of those of both his parents."</ref>

Because Hermaphroditus was a child of Hermes, and consequently a great-grandchild of [[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]] (Hermes's mother [[Maia]] was the daughter of Atlas), he is sometimes called Atlantiades ({{langx|el|Ἀτλαντιάδης}}).<ref>Ovid, Metamorphoses 4. 28</ref>

==Symbolism==
[[File:Pompeii - Casa del Centenario - Hermaphroditos.jpg|thumb|upright|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]]]]
Hermaphroditus, the two-sexed child of Aphrodite and Hermes ([[Venus (mythology)|Venus]] and [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]]), had long been a symbol of [[androgyny]] or effeminacy, and was portrayed in Greco-Roman art as a female figure with male genitals.<ref>Antonio Beccadelli (Eugene Michael O'Connor, tr., ed.) ''Hermaphroditus'': Introduction.</ref>

[[Theophrastus]]'s account also suggests a link between Hermaphroditus and the institution of [[marriage]]. The reference to the fourth day of the month is telling: this is the luckiest day to have a [[wedding]]. {{shy|Herm|aphro|ditus's}} association with marriage seems to have been that, by embodying both masculine and feminine qualities, he symbolized the coming together of men and women in sacred union. Another factor linking Hermaphroditus to weddings was his parents' role in protecting and [[blessing]] [[bride]]s.<ref>{{cite DGRA|wstitle=Hermaphroditus}}</ref><ref>C. Scott Littleton (2005). [https://archive.org/details/godsgoddessesmyt02litt <!-- quote=hermaphroditus marriage. --> ''Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology'', Volume 1]. Marshall Cavendish Corporation. {{ISBN|0-7614-7559-1}}. pp. 666–669, 674</ref>

Hermaphroditus's name is derived from those of their parents Hermes and Aphrodite. All three of these gods figure largely among [[erotic]] and fertility figures, and all possess distinctly sexual overtones. Sometimes, Hermaphroditus is referred to as Aphroditus.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

==Mythology==
{{Further|Salmacis|Salmacis (fountain)}}
Ovid's account relates that Hermaphroditus was nursed by naiads in the caves of [[Mount Ida (Turkey)|Mount Ida]],<ref>Ovid [http://etext.virginia.edu/latin/ovid/trans/Metamorph4.htm#478205196 Alcithoë tells the story of Salmacis] in ''Metamorphoses'' Book IV, lines 274–316</ref> a sacred mountain in [[Phrygia]] (present day [[Turkey]]). At the age of fifteen, he grew bored with his surroundings and traveled to the cities of [[Lycia]] and [[Caria]]. It was in the woods of Caria, near [[Halicarnassus]] (modern [[Bodrum]], Turkey) that he encountered the [[nymph]] [[Salmacis]], in her pool. She was overcome by lust for the boy, who was very beautiful but still young, and tried to flirt with him, but was rejected. When he thought she had left, Hermaphroditus undressed and entered the waters of the empty pool. [[Salmacis]] sprang out from behind a tree and jumped into the pool. She wrapped herself around the youth, forcibly kissing him and touching his breast, attempting to rape him. While he struggled, she called out to the gods that they should never part. Her wish was granted, and their bodies blended into one form, "a creature of both sexes".<ref name=ovid>Ovid [http://etext.virginia.edu/latin/ovid/trans/Metamorph4.htm#478205198 Salmacis and Hermaphroditus merge] in Metamorphoses Book IV, lines 346–388</ref> Hermaphroditus prayed to Hermes and Aphrodite that anyone else who bathed in the pool would be similarly transformed, and his wish was granted.

Hungarian [[Classics#Philology|classical philologist]] [[Károly Kerényi]] wrote: "In this form the story was certainly not ancient". He related it to the Greek myths involving male youths (''[[ephebos|ephebes]]''), noting the legends of [[Narcissus (mythology)|Narcissus]] and [[Hyacinth (mythology)|Hyacinth]], who had archaic hero-cults, and also those involving [[Hymen (god)|Hymen]] (Hymenaios).<ref>Kerenyi, p. 172-3.</ref>

[[Diodorus Siculus]], in his work ''Library of History'', mentions that some say that Hermaphroditus is a god and appears at certain times among men, but there are some who declare that such creatures of two sexes are monstrosities, and coming rarely into the world as they do have the quality of presaging the future, sometimes for evil and sometimes for good.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 6. 5</ref>

In a description found on the remains of a wall in [[Halicarnassus]] dated to around 2nd century BC, Hermaphroditus' mother, Aphrodite, names Salmacis as the nymph who nursed and took care of an infant Hermaphroditus after being placed in her care, a very different version than the one presented by [[Ovid]].<ref>Romano, Allen J. "The Invention of Marriage: Hermaphroditus and Salmacis at Halicarnassus and in Ovid." The Classical Quarterly, vol. 59, no. 2, [The Classical Association, Cambridge University Press], 2009, [http://www.jstor.org/stable/20616705 pp. 543–61].</ref>

The satirical author [[Lucian]] of [[Samosata]] also implies that Hermaphroditus was born like that, rather than becoming later in life against his will, and blames it on the identity of the child's father, Hermes.<ref>Lucian, ''[[Dialogues of the Gods]]'' [https://www.loebclassics.com/view/lucian-dialogues_gods/1961/pb_LCL431.253.xml Apollo and Dionysus]</ref>

==Cult and worship==
{{Main|Aphroditus}}
[[File:IAM 363T - Hermaphroditus statue.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Hermaphroditus statue from [[Pergamon|Pergamum]], Hellenistic, 3rd century BC ([[Istanbul]])]]
The oldest traces of the cult in Greek countries are found in [[Cyprus]]. Here, according to [[Macrobius]] (''[[Macrobius#Saturnalia|Saturnalia]]'', iii. 8), there was a bearded statue of a male Aphrodite, called [[Aphroditus]] by [[Aristophanes]]. [[Philochorus]] in his ''[[Atthis (Philochorus)|Atthis]]'' (ap. Macrobius ''loc. cit.'') further identified this divinity, at whose [[sacrifice]]s men and women [[transvestism|exchanged garments]], with the [[List of lunar deities|Moon]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911 |wstitle=Hermaphroditus |volume=13 |page=367 |inline=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa|author-link=Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa|title=Three Books of Occult Philosophy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5YjXnoAaYowC&pg=PA495|year=1993|publisher=Llewellyn Worldwide|isbn=978-0-87542-832-1|page=495}}</ref> A terracotta plaque from the 7th century BC depicting Aphroditos, which was found in [[Perachora]], suggests it was an [[archaic Greece|archaic Greek]] cult.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ustinova|first=Yulia|author-link=Yulia Ustinova|title=The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom: Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ARyeneZne9gC&pg=PA106|year=1999|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-11231-6|page=106}}</ref>

The deification and the origins of the cult of Hermaphroditus beings stem from Eastern religions, where the hermaphrodite nature expressed the idea of a primitive being that united both sexes. This double sex also attributed to [[Dionysus]] and [[Priapus]]&nbsp;– the union in one being of the two principles of generation and conception&nbsp;– denotes extensive [[list of fertility deities|fertilizing and productive]] powers.<ref name=EB1911/><ref>[http://asiaminor.ehw.gr/Forms/fLemmaBody.aspx?lemmaid=8130#chapter_2 Encyclopaedia of the Hellenistic World, Asia Minor: Hermaphroditus&nbsp;– Cult]</ref>

This Cyprian Aphrodite is the same as the later Hermaphroditos, which simply means Aphroditos in the form of a [[herma]], and first occurs in the ''[[Theophrastus#Characters|Characters]]'' (16) of [[Theophrastus]].<ref>[http://asiaminor.ehw.gr/Forms/fLemmaBody.aspx?lemmaid=8130#chapter_1 Encyclopaedia of the Hellenistic World, Asia Minor: Hermaphroditus&nbsp;– Literary sources]</ref> After its introduction at [[Athens]] (probably in the 5th century BC), the importance of this deity seems to have declined. It appears no longer as the object of a special cult, but limited to the homage of certain sects, expressed by superstitious rites of obscure significance.<ref name=EB1911/>

We find in [[Alciphron]] that there was at Athens a [[ancient Greek temple|temple]] of Hermaphroditus. The passage proposes that he might be considered as the deity who presided over married people; the strict union between husband and wife being aptly represented by a deity, who was male and female inseparably blended together.<ref>{{cite book |author=Alciphron |date=1896 |title=Alciphron : literally and completely translated from the Greek, with introduction and notes |url=https://archive.org/stream/alciphronliteral00alcirich#page/283/mode/2up |publisher=Athens : Privately printed for the Athenian Society |page=142}}</ref>{{Clarify|date=March 2023|reason=Is this a quote from something? If so, we need to say that in order to avoid plagiarism. If not, it needs to be edited because it's not in an encyclopædic style.}}

In the ''[[Greek Anthology]]'', at the chapter in which describe the statues in the [[Baths of Zeuxippus]], it also mentions and describes a statue of Hermaphroditus.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.1 Greek Anthology, 2.1]</ref>

==Literature==
[[File:Statue Group Satyr and Hermaphroditus.tif|thumb|right|upright|Statue of a satyr and Hermaphroditus. Roman copy of the 2nd century CE, after a Hellenistic original of the 2nd century BCE. Antikensammlung Berlin (Altes Museum)]]

The earliest mention of Hermaphroditus in [[Ancient Greek literature|Greek literature]] is by the [[Ancient philosophy|philosopher]] [[Theophrastus]] (3rd century BC), in his book ''[[Theophrastus#Characters|The Characters]]'', XVI The Superstitious Man,<ref>[http://www.eudaemonist.com/biblion/characters#16 an eudæmonist: The Characters of Theophrastus]</ref> in which he portrays various types of eccentric people.

{{quote|Also on the fourth and seventh days of each month he will order his servants to mull wine, and go out and buy myrtle-wreaths, frankincense, and smilax; and, on coming in, will spend the day in crowning the Hermaphrodites.}}

The first mention of Hermes and Aphrodite as Hermaphroditus's parents was by the [[Greek historiography|Greek historian]] [[Diodorus Siculus]] (1st century BC) in his book ''[[Bibliotheca historica]]'', book IV, 4.6.5.

{{quote|Hermaphroditus, as he has been called, who was born of Hermes and Aphrodite and received a name which is a combination of those of both his parents. Some say that this Hermaphroditus is a god and appears at certain times among men, and that he is born with a physical body which is a combination of that of a man and that of a woman, in that he has a body which is beautiful and delicate like that of a woman, but has the masculine quality and vigour of a man. But there are some who declare that such creatures of two sexes are monstrosities, and coming rarely into the world as they do they have the quality of presaging the future, sometimes for evil and sometimes for good.<ref>Diodorus Siculus, [http://www.theoi.com/Text/DiodorusSiculus4A.html#6 Library of History Book IV 4.6.5 (translated by Charles Henry Oldfather)] at Theoi.com</ref>}}

The only full narration of his myth is that of [[Ovid]]'s ''[[Metamorphoses]]'', IV.274–388 (8 AD), where the emphasis is on the feminine snares of the lascivious water-nymph Salmacis and her compromising of Hermaphroditus' erstwhile budding manly strength, detailing his bashfulness and the engrafting of their bodies.<ref>Garth, Sir Samuel [[Wikisource:Metamorphoses/Book IV|Translation of Metamorphoses IV]] at Wikisource</ref>

A rendering of the story into an ''[[Epic poetry|epyllion]]'', published anonymously in 1602, was later (1640) attributed by some to [[Francis Beaumont]].<ref>[https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1794/721/salmacis.pdf?sequence=1 Salmacis and Hermaphroditus] 1602 text, accessed in [https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/507 Renascence Editions] at University of Oregon</ref>

[[Ausonius]], in his ''Epigramata de diversis rebus / [[Epigram]]s on various matters'' (4th century), also tells of Hermaphroditus' parentage and union with the nymph Salmacis.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/ausoniuswithengl02ausouoft/page/212/mode/2up Ausonius, Epigrams on Various Matters, CII—CIII]</ref>

{{quote|On Hermaphroditus and his Nature—By Mercury begotten, conceived by Cythera, Hermaphroditus, compound alike in name and frame, combining either sex, complete in neither, neutral in love, unable to enjoy either passion.}}

{{quote|On the Union of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus—The nymph Salmacis grew one with the mate she desired. Ah, happy maid, if she is conscious of a man's embrace. And twice happy thou, O youth, united with a lovely bride, if one being may still be two.}}

In the ''[[Palatine Anthology]]'', IX.783 (980 AD), there is a reference to a sculpture of Hermaphroditus which was placed in a bath for both sexes.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/greekanthology03pato#page/422/mode/2up ''The Greek Anthology'' IX.783]</ref> The passage IX.317 is in dialogue form, based on the dialogue between Hermaphroditus and Silenus. The latter claims that he has had sexual intercourse with Hermaphroditus three times. Hermaphroditus complains and objects to the fact by invoking Hermes in an oath, while Silenus invokes Pan for the reliability of his allegations.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/greekanthology03pato#page/170/mode/2up ''The Greek Anthology'' IX.317]</ref>

[[Algernon Charles Swinburne]]'s poem "[[s:Poems and Ballads (Swinburne)/Hermaphroditus|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.<ref>Swinburne A C [http://swinburnearchive.indiana.edu/swinburne/view#docId=swinburne/acs0000001-01-i013.xml Hermaphroditus] Library Electronic Text Resource Service (LETRS) / Digital Library Program, Indiana University</ref>

==In art==
{{In popular culture|date=September 2019}}
[[File:Antonio Maria Zanetti - Study of a relief decorated with a Hermaphrodite; in the Palazzo Colonna.jpg|thumb|upright|Drawing of a relief depicting Hermaphroditus and Eros crowning a herm by [[Antonio Maria Zanetti]] (circa 1721)]]
[[File:Hermaphroditus Louvre face.jpg|thumb|right|[[Borghese Hermaphroditus]], Roman copy of the 2nd century AD ([[Louvre]])]]

===Paintings and engravings===
*In Greek vase painting Hermaphroditus was depicted as a winged youth ([[Erotes (Mythology)|erotes]]) with male and female attributes.<ref>Cicero, ''[[De Natura Deorum]]'' 3. 21–23 (trans. Rackham): "Engendered from the sea-foam, we are told she [Aphrodite] became the mother by Mercurius [Hermes] of the second Cupidus [literally Eros, but Cicero is probably referring to Hermaphroditos]"</ref>
*Roman [[frescos]] found at [[Pompeii]] and [[Herculaneum]] show Hermaphroditus in various styles, alone and interacting with [[satyrs]], [[Pan (god)|Pan]] and [[Silenus]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=bwNdgd8cQcgC&pg=PA49&dq=Embodying_Male%20_and_Female_Sexuality Greek and Hellenistic Lovemaking, Embodying Male and Female Sexuality: Hermaphroditus p. 54]</ref>
*''The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Francois-Joseph Navez]], [[Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent]]
*''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Bartholomeus Spranger]], [[Kunsthistorisches Museum]], Wien
*''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Scarsellino]], [[Galleria Borghese]], Rome
*''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Jean François de Troy]]
*''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Ludovico Carracci]]
*''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Francesco Albani]]
*''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini]]
*''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres]]
*''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Bernard Picart]]
*''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Johann Wilhelm Baur]]
*''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' by [[Virgil Solis]]
*''Hermaphroditus and Salmacis'' by [[Louis Finson]]
*''The Nymph of Salmacis'' by [[Rupert Bunny]]
*''Hermaphrodite Among Roses'' by [[Aubrey Beardsley]]
*''Hermaphrodite Figure'' by [[Jacopo Pontormo]]
*''The metamorphosis of Hermaphrodite and Salmacis'' by [[Jan Gossaert|Jan Gossaert (Jan Mabuse)]]
*''Salmacis et Hermaphrodite'' by [[Jean Daullé]]

===Sculpture===
*The most famous sculpture of this figure is the ''[[Sleeping Hermaphroditus]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDermon |first=Daniel |date=2016-06-24 |title=What the Sleeping Hermaphrodite Tells Us About Art, Sex and Good Taste |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/27/arts/design/statue-hermaphrodite.html#:~:text=The%20best-known%20sleeping%20hermaphrodite,then%20owner,%20Cardinal%20Scipione%20Borghese. |access-date=2025-03-16 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*''Hermaphroditus'', [[Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille]]
*A life-size sculpture of Hermaphroditus from [[Pergamon]] is one of the largest found, standing {{convert|186.5|cm}} tall at the [[İstanbul Archaeology Museums]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Alpay |last=Pasinli |date=1989 |title=Istanbul Archaeological Museums |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ex8WAQAAMAAJ |publisher=A Turizm Yayinlari |page=66 |isbn=9789757528142 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
*A statue by [[John Henry Foley]] was shown at the 1851 [[Great Exhibition]] and later donated to the Bancroft Gardens, [[Stratford-upon-Avon]], where it now stands.<ref>[http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/default.aspx?f=1&guid=8e455542-f200-4550-8c5f-2fccb193a38c&gid=2 At Waymark UK Image Gallery] An explanatory plaque is also accessible here.</ref>
*A marble statue of Hermaphroditus was found near the south end of the Garden. II.2.2. Room 13, [[House of Loreius Tiburtinus]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=DeMone |first1=Brittany |last2=Hughes |first2=Lisa A. |date=Summer 2021 |title=Sensing Hermaphroditus in the Dionysian Theatre Garden |url=https://openartsjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/oaj_issue_10_4_brittany-demone-and-lisa-a.-hughes_final.pdf |journal=Open Arts Journal |issue=10 |pages=71 |doi=10.5456/issn.2050-3679/2021s04 |issn=2050-3679 |via=Google Scholar}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Intersex in history]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Works cited===
* [[Lucian]], ''[[Dialogues of the Gods]]''; translated by Fowler, H W and F G. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. 1905.
* [[Ovid]]. ''[[Metamorphoses]], Volume I: Books 1-8''. Translated by Frank Justus Miller. Revised by G. P. Goold. [[Loeb Classical Library]] No. 42. Cambridge, Massachusetts: [[Harvard University Press]], 1977, first published 1916. {{ISBN|978-0-674-99046-3}}.
* {{cite book|last=Clarke|first=John R.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bwNdgd8cQcgC&q=Embodying_Male%20_and_Female_Sexuality&pg=PA49|title=Looking at Lovemaking: Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art, 100 B.C.-A.D. 250|publisher=University of California Press|year=1998|pages=49–54|isbn=0520200241}}
* {{cite book|last=Grimal|first=Pierre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iOx6de8LUNAC&q=Hermaphroditus|title=The Dictionary of Classical Mythology|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|year=1996|isbn=978-0-631-20102-1|page=209}}
* {{cite book|last=Kerenyi|first=Karl|title=The Gods of the Greeks|url=https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.7346/mode/2up|publisher=London: Thames & Hudson|year=1951}}
* {{cite book|first=Oskar|last=Seyffert|year=1894|title=Dictionary of Classical Antiquities|url=http://www.ancientlibrary.com/seyffert/0289.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051219222042/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/seyffert/0289.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=December 19, 2005|publisher=London: S. Sonnenschein and Co.; New York: Macmillan and Co.}}
* {{cite DGRBM|last=Schmitz |first=Leonhard  |wstitle=Hermaphroditus |volume=2 |pages=408–409}}
*{{cite book|first=Diodorus|last=Siculus|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e1QDAAAAMAAJ&q=Hermaphroditus&pg=PA223|title=The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian: In Fifteen Books|publisher=W. McDowall|year=1814|page=223}}

===Attribution===
*{{EB1911|wstitle=Hermaphroditus |volume=13|page=367}}

== Further reading ==
* Ajootian, Aileen, "Hermaphroditus", in ''[[Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae]] (LIMC). V.1: Herakles &ndash; Kenchrias'', pp. 268&ndash;285, Zurich and Munich, Artemis Verlag, 1990. {{ISBN|3760887511}}. [https://archive.org/details/limc_20210516/Lexicon%20Iconographicum%20Mythologiae%20Classicae/LIMC%20V-1%20Herakles-Kenchrias/mode/2up Internet Archive].
*  Heinze, Theodor, "Hermaphroditus", in ''[[Brill's New Pauly]]: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity, Volume 6'', Hat &ndash; Jus, edited by Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider, Leiden, Brill, 2005. {{ISBN|9004122699}}.

==External links==
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*[https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/263186/Hermaphroditus Hermaphroditus] at [https://www.britannica.com/ Encyclopædia Britannica Online]
* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-000117 The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (images of Hermaphroditus)]
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