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The goddess was born from the ‘aphrós’ or foam of the sea that resulted from Cronos castrating his father and tossing the remains into the ocean. 301 ff (trans. But the father Daedalion, because of his grief for his only daughter, was changed by Apollo into the bird daedalion, that is, the hawk."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Fabulae 201 :
"Mercurius [Hermes] gave to Autolycus, whom he begot by Chione, the gift of being such a skilful thief that he could not be caught, making him able to change whatever he stole into some other form."
Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.
But she found, as she tried to rise, a numbing weight stiffened her muscles; as she strained to stand upright, her knees were stuck; an icy chill seeped through her limbs, the blood paled in her veins. He then raped her. . She got her wish, as the Gods quite literally put them together, merging their two forms into one body, and giving birth to Hermaphroditus as they are known today – a deity possessing both male and female gender.
of the sea near this locale. with them the Seilenoi and the sharp-eyed Argeiphontes [Hermes] mate in the depths of pleasant caves."
For MORE information on these nymphs see OREIADES
HERMES LOVES : IPHTHIME
LOCALE : Doros, Thessalia (Northern Greece)
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 14.
The result of their affair was the Minotaur – a half human, half bull creature that the king then imprisoned in the labyrinth beneath the island of Crete itself as a form of punishment to both his wife and the poor hybrid creature itself
#10) Hermaphroditus
In science a Hermaphrodite refers to an animal or plant that possesses both the characteristics of a male and a female within its species, but the name itself doesn’t come from anything scientific.
My father's Juppiter [Zeus] himself.
(2) SEMI-DIVINE LOVES (NYMPHS)
KARMENTIS (Carmentis) An Arkadian (southern Greece) Naiad-nymph loved by Hermes. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) :
"Kekrops married Agraulos, daughter of Aktaios, and had a son Erysikhthon . The right was the abode of Pandrosos, Aglauros on the left and Herse in between.
Aglauros first marked Mercurius' [Hermes'] approach and boldly asked the god his name and business.
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OREIADES (Oreads) Nymphs of the mountains were said to mate with Hermes in the highlands, breeding more of their kind.
PENELOPEIA (Penelope) An nymph of Arkadia (in southern Greece) who bore to Hermes the god Pan (or one of the Panes named Nomios).
RHENE A nymph of the island of Samothrake (Greek Aegean) who bore a son Saon to Hermes.
She bore him a son the pan Agreus.
TANAGRA A Naiad-nymph of Argos (isouthern Greece) for whom the gods Ares and Hermes competed in a boxing match. Tritonia [Athena] filled with loathing, forced a few curt words : ‘Inject your pestilence in one of Cecrops' daughters; that I need; Aglauros is the one.’ . Among notable authors, Shakespeare referenced this theme in his play “Troilus and Cressida,” humorously suggesting that Achilles and Patroclus were too preoccupied with each other to focus on the Trojan War.
This interpretation, hinting at a romantic relationship between the two, diverges from Homer’s original depiction, which does not explicitly detail their intimacy in such terms. 6.