Hermaphroditus from the Temple of Apollo in Pompeii 1st Century AD National Archaeological Museum of Naples Italy. ( Hermaphroditos was a child of Aphrodite and Hermes, According to Ovid, he was born a remarkably, handsome boy, whom the naiad Salmacis attempted to rape, prayed to be united with forever, god, in answer to her prayer, merged their two forms into one, transformed him into a hermaphrodite,)

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