Salmacis and Hermaphroditus

The boy cannot escape the nymph

Salmacis is a mythological figure whose only attestation is in Book IV of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. A nymph from Phrygia, her tale is centered on her unrequited love for the boy demigod Hermaphroditus. Image File history File links Hermaphroditos_salmacis. ... Image File history File links Hermaphroditos_salmacis. ... Image File history File links Salmacis_&_Hermaphroditos_3. ... Image File history File links Salmacis_&_Hermaphroditos_3. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυϑολογία mythología, from μυϑολογειν mythologein to relate myths, from μυϑος mythos, meaning a narrative, and λογος logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and... Engraved frontispiece of George Sandyss 1632 London edition of Publius Ovidius Naso (Sulmona, March 20, 43 BC â€“ Tomis, now Constanta AD 17) Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations. ... Cover of George Sandyss 1632 edition of The Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid is a poem in 15 books that describes the creation and history of the world in terms of Greek and Roman mythology. ... Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of female nature spirits, sometimes bound to a particular location or landform. ... In antiquity, Phrygia was a kingdom in the west central part of the Anatolian highlands, part of modern Turkey, from ca. ... In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus was a child of Aphrodite and Hermes. ...

Salmacis was an atypical nymph, rejecting the ways of the virginal goddess of the hunt Diana in favor of vanity and idleness. Her attempted rape of Hermaphroditus places her as the only nymph rapist in the Greek mythological canon. Diana was the equivalent in Roman mythology of the Greek Artemis (see Roman/Greek equivalency in mythology for more details). ... Look up vanity and vain in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

"There dwelt a Nymph, not up for hunting or archery:
unfit for footraces. She the only Naiad not in Diana’s band.
Often her sisters would say: “Pick up a javelin, or
bristling quiver, and interrupt you leisure for the chase!”
But she would not pick up a javelin or arrows,
nor trade leisure for the chase.
Instead she would bathe her beautiful limbs and tend to her hair, with her
waters as a mirror."

Ovid ’’Metamorphoses’’ IV. 306-312 Naiad refers to: Naiad, a moon of Neptune. ... Engraved frontispiece of George Sandyss 1632 London edition of Publius Ovidius Naso (Sulmona, March 20, 43 BC â€“ Tomis, now Constanta AD 17) Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women, and mythological transformations. ... Cover of George Sandyss 1632 edition of The Metamorphoses by the Roman poet Ovid is a poem in 15 books that describes the creation and history of the world in terms of Greek and Roman mythology. ...

Musical reference

The Fountain of Salmacis by Genesis, on the album Nursery Cryme (1971) Genesis is a British progressive rock group that was formed in 1967 when founding members Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks were still students at Charterhouse School. ... // Track listing all songs composed, arranged and performed by Genesis (Banks, Rutherford, Gabriel, Hackett, Collins) The Musical Box - 10:27 For Absent Friends - 1:48 The Return of the Giant Hogweed - 8:12 Seven Stones - 5:09 Harold the Barrel - 3:01 Harlequin - 2:55 The Fountain of Salmacis - 7... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ...