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Pages in category "Metamorphoses into the opposite sex in Greek mythology" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Metamorphoses into the Opposite Gender Who? Into what? By whom? Notes Image Caenis ("new") Man Poseidon: The hero Caeneus was originally a Lapith woman named Caenis who either had sex with or was raped by the sea-god Poseidon, and subsequently asked him to change her into a formidable man. Poseidon fulfilled her wish, and Caenis adopted the ...
Apotheosis (from Ancient Greek ἀποθέωσις (apothéōsis), from ἀποθεόω / ἀποθεῶ (apotheóō/apotheô) 'to deify'), also called divinization or deification (from Latin deificatio 'making divine'), is the glorification of a subject to divine levels and, commonly, the treatment of a human being, any other living thing, or ...
On Hermaphroditus and his Nature—By Mercury begotten, conceived by Cythera, Hermaphroditus, compound alike in name and frame, combining either sex, complete in neither, neutral in love, unable to enjoy either passion. On the Union of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus—The nymph Salmacis grew one with the mate she desired.
Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC), Characters 16.10 "On the fourth and seventh days of each month, he directs mulled wine to be prepared, and going himself to purchase myrtle-wreaths, frankincense and convolvuluses; he returns to spend the day worshiping the statue of Hermaphroditus."
From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.
In the fields of philosophy and mythography, euhemerism (/ j uː ˈ h iː m ər ɪ z əm,-h ɛ m-/) is an approach to the interpretation of mythology in which mythological accounts are presumed to have originated from real historical events or personages.
Illustration of a slab now in the British Museum of the apotheosis of the king and queen of Athens.. In Greek mythology, Periphas (/ ˈ p ɛ r ɪ f ə s /; Ancient Greek: Περίφας, [1] Períphās "conspicuousness") was a legendary king of Attica, whom Zeus turned into an eagle. [2]