Hermaphroditus
noun
Her·maph·ro·di·tus
(ˌ)hər-ˌma-frə-ˈdī-təs 
: a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who becomes joined in one body with a nymph while bathing
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The album ends with an eight-minute retelling of a Greek myth — Salmacis and Hermaphroditus — drenched in Mellotron and erotic pathos.
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Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
The sculpture depicts a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in which the nymph Salmacis and the youth Hermaphroditus are forcibly united into a single, dual-sexed body.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 4 Feb. 2026
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Ernesto Lechner, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
The sculpture depicts a story from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, in which the nymph Salmacis and the youth Hermaphroditus are forcibly united into a single, dual-sexed body.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Hermaphroditus.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hermaphroditus. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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