Hermaphroditus
Britishnoun
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“Once upon a time in ancient Greece, there was an enchanted pool. This pool was sacred to Salmacis, the water nymph. And one day Hermaphroditus, a beautiful boy, went swimming there.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Hermaphroditus was beginning to forget about the Obscure Object.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Inside Hermaphroditus old tensions were roiling, trying to work themselves out.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Hermaphroditus, seated figure, pencil and pale colour tints.
From Aubrey Beardsley by Robert Ross
From mythology we learn that Hermaphroditus was the son of Hermes, or Mercury, and Venus Aphrodite, and had the powers both of a father and mother.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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