English

Herm of Aphroditus

Proper noun

Aphroditus

1. (Greek mythology) was a male Aphrodite from Cyprus, and represented as a herm with a phallus, in later mythology became known as Hermaphroditus, the son of Hermes and Aphrodite.^[1][2]

Translations

See also

• epicene
• androgynous
• gynandrous
• intersex

References

1. ↑ William Smith (1850) Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology Vol. II, page 408
2. ↑ William Holwell (1793) A Mythological, Etymological, and Historical Dictionary, page 440–441