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
Tradition tells us that Hermaphroditus, a son of Venus and Mercury, was educated by the Naiades dwelling on Mount Ida.
From History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by Peter Charles Remondino
Hermaphroditus, seated figure, pencil and pale colour tints.
From Aubrey Beardsley by Robert Ross
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