Hermaphrodite and naked youth
Hermaphrodite in cape with waterlily leaf (the nymph Salmacis described by Ovid), and naked young man with discus and olive branch (Pelops, founder of the Olympic Games). Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789
Picture No
12481692
Media ID
45719829
Size
5815px x 4378px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Florilegius Collection
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Antichità Antiquities Discus Ercolano Herculaneum Hermaphrodite Nymph Olive Ovid Pelops Piroli Pompeii Salmacis Tommaso Waterlily
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