Information AboutSalmacis |
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Salmacis is a Mythological figure whose only attestation is in Book IV of Ovid ’s '' Metamorphoses ''. A Nymph from Phrygia , her tale is centered on her unrequited love for the boy demigod Hermaphroditus . Salmacis was an atypical nymph, rejecting the ways of the virginal goddess of the hunt Diana in favor of Vanity and idleness. Her attempted rape of Hermaphroditus places her as the only nymph rapist in the Greek mythological canon. ''"There dwelt a Nymph, not up for hunting or archery:'' MUSICAL REFERENCE ''The Fountain of Salmacis'' by Genesis , on the album '' Nursery Cryme '' ( 1971 ) |
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