Salmacis en hermaphroditus, Virgil, 1569 print The Nymph Salmacis clings to the body of Hermaphroditus. On the left the two melting bodies. print maker: Neurenbergpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Mainpublisher: Frankfurt am Main paper letterpress printing scrollwork, strapwork ~ ornament. Hermaphroditus and Salmacis changed into a hermaphrodite: at the prayer of the fountain-nymph Salmacis, who holds the bathing Hermaphroditus closely embraced, their bodies fuse (Ovid, Metamorphoses IV 373). story of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis

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