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Book 4: Salmacis and Hermaphroditus

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2020-06-19

So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart;
- Midsummer Night's Dream

[Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, C. Bertling 1897: beautiful son of Hermes & Aphrodite, w/ whom a naiad fell in love and prayed to be united forever; the gods merged their two forms into one]

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2020-06-14

Elias Canetti

... baciò l'ultimo pensiero di lei e si assopì...

Sleeping Hermaphroditus
Bernini

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2020-03-31

- Hermaphroditus, Atlantius or simply Aphroditus. Bearer of beauty and attributes from Hermes and Aphrodite. With a chimeric body possesing female and male characteristics. A protector of feminine men and connected with marital unions. https://t.co/6WxZloNNe4

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