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Hermaphroditus

Greek Deities

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Hermaphroditus is a child of Aphrodite and Hermes, sometimes called Atlantiades as a great-grandchild of Atlas through his father. He has an androgynous body similar to that of an intersex person and is a minor deity of romance symbolizing intersexuality, androgyny and marriage. Hermaphroditus is associated with the freshwater nymph Salmacis, who appears in the tradition variously as his nurse, his wife, or his attempted rapist. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Attestation
Era of Attestation
from 400 BCE 3
Veneration Today
Historically attested; no continuous cult 3
Historicity
Not a historical person: a divine or other-than-human being 1
Identity
Gender
Male 2
Gender
Androgynous / dual-gendered 2
Function
Domain / Function
Love and desire 1
Belief
Theology
Polytheistic: many gods 1
Sources
1. The Facts on File Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Anthony S. Mercatante, revised and expanded by James R. Dow, Facts on File
2. Hermaphroditus, Structured Record (Wikidata Q)
WikidataWikidata property P21 (sex or gender)View the Source
3. The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 4th edition
Simon Hornblower, Antony Spawforth and Esther Eidinow (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2012Hermaphroditus, Theophrastus/Hellenistic sourcesView the Source
Wikipedia, "Hermaphroditus"
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