Talk:Hermaphroditus

message: The following "version" is not attested in a text: "Another version is that Hermaphroditus was born a hermaphrodite, one of several children that Aphrodite bore with various gods." (I have edited out a reference to the goddess's "one-night stands", which might have alerted the critical eye.) --Wetman 09:55, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
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message: Without discussion, anon  has thrice replaced the word 'intersex' for 'hermaphrodite' on this article. While perhaps a valid issue for modern-day intersexed people, this article refers to a mythological being, and therefore the word 'intersex' is not appropriate. Thoughts anyone? The anon has been reverting and unless there's some discussion I'll go ahead and ask for the page to be semi-protected if needed. Thanks! -- User:RyanFreisling @ 23:01, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: You're quite correct, given this context. The politically-correct neologism intersex might well be noted in the text or listed as a "See also". --Wetman 23:06, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea. I'll take a peek and see what seems most facile. Thanks, Wetman. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 23:07, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks for the heads-up, that edit has been reverted as vandalism. FYI, you can check out the 'history' tab at the top of each page for a detailed list of every change made to a wiki page. Cheers! -- User:RyanFreisling @ 02:26, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree and support reverting it to "hermaphrodite" (or "androgyne" in places where text variation), this also to honour his name, since he DID give name to hermaphroditism!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kriscrash (talk • contribs) 14:10, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: 'Intersex'

message: There has been a dispute over the citation "Ovid's Metamorphoses, IV.402-533". An IP editor preferred "[IV.] 271-388. The latter comment was unceremoniously removed by another IP editor
Since Wikimedia appears not to reference by line number, I looked at another seemingly reputable source, here, which does give line numbers. On that basis, I've amended the citation to IV.274-388, but await any further informed comment. Cheers Bjenks (talk) 13:25, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Returning to this, I find statements for which there is no support in the Ovid citation. After his transformation, Hermaphroditus is described as "a creature of both sexes", not as a god, and certainly not as "the god of effemininity". Thanks, Wetman, you just beat me to the punch on that one! I see, too, that some "references" are not included to specify sources or citations but merely to expand on an uncited point of view. Moreover, extraneous mythical types with intersex overtones have been gratuitously included, eg, Narcissus, Hyacinth, Hymenaios I have, therefore, removed these together with unsourced statements, and limited the references to citations which bear on the article's content. Cheers, Bjenks (talk) 18:02, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ovid reference 

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message: Why is Silenus listed as a consort? Is there any mythology to back this up? I see a couple paintings with the two, but do we know anything else? Is the consort thing just assumed? 2403:4800:74CF:E280:408F:9162:9E55:ED77 (talk) 13:50, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Silenus under 'consort'