Hermaphroditus in the pool of the spring-nymph Salmacis, who has asked the gods to join them together for all time; the gods acceeded and they became one, male and female. Engraving by A. Romanet after Boul after Paolo de Matteis.

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Hermaphroditus in the pool of the spring-nymph Salmacis, who has asked the gods to join them together for all time; the gods acceeded and they became one, male and female. Engraving by A. Romanet after Boul after Paolo de Matteis.