Hermaphroditus: Two Views of Merging Masculine and Feminine

Chthonia by Brigid Burke

May 26, 202553:31Religion & Spirituality

* Check out the new Thinker's Tavern discussion series at * This week's podcast looks at the figure of Hermaphroditus, son of Hermes (Mercury) and Aphrodite (Venus), and his encounter with the aggressive nymph Salmacis,...

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