Hermaphroditus - wikipedia Hermaphroditus For other uses, see Hermaphrodite ( disambiguation ). Hermaphroditus Minor deity of unions, androgyny, marriage, sexuality and fertility Herculaneum fresco 1 - 50 AD, National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Abode Mount Ida Symbol Thyrsus, Kantharos Personal Information Consort Silenus, Maenad, Satyrs Parents Hermes and Aphrodite Siblings Eros / Cupid, Harmonia / Concordia, Phobos, Deimos, Pan, Priapus, Tyche In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus or Hermaphroditos / hərˌmæf. rəˈdaɪ. təs / ( listen ) ( Ancient Greek : Ἑρμαφρόδιτος ) was the son of Aphrodite and Hermes. According to Ovid, he was born a remarkably handsome boy with whom the water nymph Salmacis fell in love and prayed to be united forever. A god, in answer to her prayer, merged their two forms into one and transformed them into an androgynous form. His name is compounded of his parents ' names, Hermes and Aphrodite. He was one of the Erotes. Because he was a son of Hermes, and consequently a great - grandson of Atlas, sometimes he is called Atlantiades ( Greek : Ατλαντιάδης ). Hermaphroditus ' father, Hermes, was also called Atlantiades because his mother, Maia was the daughter of Atlas. His name is the basis for the word hermaphrodite. Contents 1 Symbolism 2 Mythology 3 Cult and worship 4 Literature 5 In art 5.1 Paintings and engravings 5.2 Sculpture 5.3 Music 5.4 Film 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References 9 External links Symbolism 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 and Mercury ) had long been a symbol of androgyny or effeminacy, and was portrayed in Greco - Roman art as a female figure with male genitals. 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. Hermaphroditus '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 brides. Hermaphroditus 's name is derived from those of his 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. The phallic god Priapus was the son of Hermes by some accounts and the youthful god of desire Eros of Ares and Aphrodite. Mythology Further information : Salmacis and Salmacis ( fountain ) Ovid 's account relates that Hermaphroditus was nursed by naiads in the caves of Mount Ida, 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 handsome but still young, and tried to seduce him, but was rejected. When he thought her to be gone, 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 boy, forcibly kissing him and touching his breast. 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 ''. Hermaphroditus prayed to Hermes and Aphrodite that anyone else who bathed in the pool would be similarly transformed, and his wish was granted. `` In this form the story was certainly not ancient, '' Karl Kerenyi noted. He compared the myth of the beautiful ephebe with Narcissus and Hyacinthus, who had an archaic hero - cult, and Hymenaios. Diodorus Siculus in his work Library of History mention, 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. Cult and worship Main article : Aphroditus The oldest traces of the cult in Greek countries are found in Cyprus. Here, according to Macrobius ( Saturnalia, iii. 8 ), there was a bearded statue of a male Aphrodite, called Aphroditos by Aristophanes. Philochorus in his Atthis ( ap. Macrobius loc. cit. ) further identified this divinity, at whose sacrifices men and women exchanged garments, with the Moon. A terracotta plaque from the 7th century BC depicting Aphroditos was found in Perachora, which suggests it was an archaic cult. The deification and the origins of the cult of hermaphrodite beings stem from Eastern religions, where the hermaphrodite nature expressed the idea of a primitive being that united both genders. This double sex also attributed to Dionysus and Priapus - the union in one being of the two principles of generation and conception - denotes extensive fertilizing and productive powers. This Cyprian Aphrodite is the same as the later Hermaphroditos, which simply means Aphroditos in the form of a herm ( see Hermae ), and first occurs in the Characters ( 16 ) of Theophrastus. 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. We find in Alciphron that there was at Athens a 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. Literature The earliest mention of Hermaphroditus in Greek literature is by the philosopher Theophrastus ( 3rd century BC ), in his book The Characters, XVI The Superstitious Man, in which he portrays various types of eccentric people. The first mention of Hermes and Aphrodite as Hermaphroditus 's parents was by the Greek historian, Diodorus Siculus ( 1st century BC ), in his book Bibliotheca historica, book IV, 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. 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. 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. A rendering of the story into an epyllion, published anonymously in 1602, was later ( 1640 ) attributed by some to Francis Beaumont. 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. 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. Algernon Charles Swinburne 's poem `` 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. In art Drawing of a relief depicting Hermaphroditus and Eros crowning a herm by Antonio Maria Zanetti ( circa 1721 ) Borghese Hermaphroditus, Roman copy of the 2nd century AD ( Louvre ). Hermaphroditus statue from Pergamum, Hellenistic, 3rd century BC ( Istanbul ). Paintings and engravings In Greek vase painting Hermaphroditus was depicted as a winged youth ( erotes ) with male and female attributes. Roman frescos found at Pompeii and Herculaneum show Hermaphroditus in various styles, alone and interacting with satyrs, Pan and Silenus. 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 Roberto Ferri Salmacis and Hermaphroditus by Jean - Auguste - Dominique Ingres Salmacis and Hermaphroditus by Bernard Picart Salmacis and Hermaphroditus by Johannes Glauber 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 Mabuse ) Salmacis et Hermaphrodite by Jean Daullé Sculpture The most famous sculpture of this figure is the Borghese Hermaphroditus. Hermaphroditus, Palais des Beaux - Arts de Lille A life size sculpture of Hermaphroditus from Pergamon is one of the largest found standing 186.5 cm tall at the Istanbul Archaeological Museums. 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. A marble statue of Hermaphroditus was found near the south end of the Garden. II. 2.2. Room 13, House of Loreius Tiburtinus Music The myth was the basis for the early Genesis song, `` The Fountain of Salmacis, '' the final track from the Nursery Cryme album ( 1971 ). `` Hermaphroditos '' is a song by Frank Black and the Catholics which appears on the album Dog in the Sand ( 2001 ). Zwitter ( Hermaphrodite ), is a song on the Mutter album, released by Rammstein in 2001. Film A persona named ' Hermaphroditus ' appears in the film Fellini Satyricon as a childlike, physically weak god who is able to heal human supplicants afflicted by various ailments but apparently unable to heal him / herself. Hermaphroditus is not mentioned in the original Petronius novel Satyricon, on which Fellini 's film is loosely based. According to one source, the film episode `` may be based on a Pseudo-Petronian poem sometimes printed along with the Satyricon ''. See also Intersex in history Ardhanarishvara, an androgynous Hindu deity Arjuna, a protagonist of the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata Agdistis, a Phrygian hermaphrodite goddess Futanari, the Japanese idea of hermaphrodites Galli, eunuch priests of the goddess Cybele Notes Jump up ^ The seer Tiresias had experienced life as a man and as a woman, but not the two at the same time : Hermaphroditus is unique in Greek myth. Jump up ^ 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. '' Jump up ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 4. 28 Jump up ^ Antonio Beccadelli ( Eugene Michael O'Connor, tr., ed. ) Hermaphroditus : Introduction. Jump up ^ Smith, William, ed. ( 1890 ). `` Hermaphroditus ''. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities ( 3rd ed. ). London : John Murray. Jump up ^ C. Scott Littleton ( 2005 ). Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology, Volume 1. Marshall Cavendish Corporation. ISBN 0 - 7614 - 7559 - 1. pp. 666 -- 669, 674 Jump up ^ Ovid Alcithoë tells the story of Salmacis in Metamorphoses Book IV, lines 274 - 316 Jump up ^ Ovid Salmacis and Hermaphroditus merge in Metamorphoses Book IV, lines 346 - 388 Jump up ^ Kerenyi, p. 172. Jump up ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 6. 5 Jump up ^ Three books of occult philosophy by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim ( 1993 ) p. 495 Jump up ^ Yulia Ustinova, The Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom : Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God, Religions in the Graeco - Roman World, BRILL, 1998, p 106 googlebooks preview ( accessed 25 November 2017 Jump up ^ Encyclopaedia of the Hellenistic World, Asia Minor : Hermaphroditus - Cult Jump up ^ Encyclopaedia of the Hellenistic World, Asia Minor : Hermaphroditus - Literary sources Jump up ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911 : Hermaphroditus Archived 2011 - 11 - 28 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Alciphron ( 1896 ). Alciphron : literally and completely translated from the Greek, with introduction and notes. Athens : Privately printed for the Athenian Society. p. 142. Jump up ^ an eudæmonist : The Characters of Theophrastus Jump up ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History Book IV 4.6. 5 ( translated by Charles Henry Oldfather ) at Theoi.com Jump up ^ Garth, Sir Samuel Translation of Metamorphoses IV at Wikisource Jump up ^ Salmacis and Hermaphroditus 1602 text, accessed in Renascence Editions at University of Oregon Jump up ^ The Greek Anthology IX. 783 Jump up ^ The Greek Anthology IX. 317 Jump up ^ Swinburne AC Hermaphroditus Library Electronic Text Resource Service ( LETRS ) / Digital Library Program, Indiana University Jump up ^ Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3. 21 - 23 ( trans. Rackham ) ( Roman rhetorician C1st B.C. ) : `` 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 ) '' Jump up ^ Greek and Hellenistic Lovemaking, Embodying Male and Female Sexuality : Hermaphroditus p. 54 Jump up ^ Alpay Pasinli ( 1989 ). Istanbul Archaeological Museums. A Turizm Yayinlari. p. 66. Jump up ^ At Waymark UK Image Gallery An explanatory plaque is also accessible here. Jump up ^ A video clip from the film Fellini Satyricon when protagonists gather at the temple seeking a cure Jump up ^ Fellini - Satyricon by Federico Fellini ( 1968 ) -- Why are classicists like directors ? Archived 2006 - 09 - 22 at the Wayback Machine. Francesca D'Alessandro Behr, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Houston References Clarke, John R. ( 1998 ). Looking at Lovemaking : Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art, 100 B.C. - A.D. 250. University of California Press. pp. 49 -- 54. ISBN 0520200241. Grimal, Pierre ( 1996 ). The Dictionary of Classical Mythology. Wiley - Blackwell. p. 209. ISBN 978 - 0 - 631 - 20102 - 1. Kerenyi, Karl ( 1951 ). The Gods of the Greeks. London : Thames & Hudson. Seyffert, Oskar ( 1894 ). Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. London : S. Sonnenschein and Co. ; New York : Macmillan and Co. Schmitz, Leonhard ( 1870 ). `` Hermaphroditus ''. In Smith, William. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 2. pp. 408 -- 409. Siculus, Diodorus ( 1814 ). The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian : In Fifteen Books. W. McDowall. p. 223. Attribution : This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. ( 1911 ). `` Hermaphroditus ''. Encyclopædia Britannica. 13 ( 11th ed. ). Cambridge University Press. p. 367. 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Question: what is the name of the youth loved by salmacis
Answer: Hermaphroditus