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A sculpture of Hermaphroditus, with the Colosseum in the background. Engraving.

Hermaphroditus sleeping. Steel engraving by J.B.H. Bourgois after P. Bouillon, 1808.

Bas relief of Hermaphroditus. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1787, after G.B. Cipriani.

Hermaphroditus asleep by a woodland lake, admired by a satyr with Cupid above. Engraving by B. Picart, 1693, after N. Poussin.

Anchises, Dione, and Aeneas (centre); Salmacis and Hermaphroditus (left); Pan and Eros (right). Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

Hermaphroditus sleeping. Etching by C. Grignion after R. Dalton, 1744.

Hermaphroditus. Etching by Pierre Duflos.

Pan and Eros; Salmacis and Hermaphroditus making love. Etching after Annibale Carracci.

Hermaphroditus in the pool of the spring-nymph Salmacis, who has asked the gods to join them together for all time; the gods acceeded and they became one, male and female. Engraving by A. Romanet after Boul after Paolo de Matteis.

Hermaphroditus in the pool of the spring-nymph Salmacis, who begged the gods that they be joined for all time; the gods acceded and they became one, male and female. Engraving by Colinet after François Albani.

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Hermaphroditus (Greek deity)

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Hermaphroditus asleep by a woodland lake, admired by a satyr with Cupid above. Engraving by B. Picart, 1693, after N. Poussin.

Hermaphroditus in the pool of the spring-nymph Salmacis, who has asked the gods to join them together for all time; the gods acceeded and they became one, male and female. Engraving by A. Romanet after Boul after Paolo de Matteis.

Hermaphroditus in the pool of the spring-nymph Salmacis, who begged the gods that they be joined for all time; the gods acceded and they became one, male and female. Engraving by Colinet after François Albani.

A sculpture of Hermaphroditus, with the Colosseum in the background. Engraving.

Hermaphroditus sleeping. Etching by C. Grignion after R. Dalton, 1744.