Salmacis attempts to rape Hermaphroditus. Engraving

Salmacis attempts to rape Hermaphroditus. Engraving from Tableaux du temple des muses (1655) by Michel de Marolles (1600 - 1681), known as the abbe de Marolles a French churchman and translator. In Greek mythology, Salmacis was an atypical naiad who rejected the ways of the virginal Greek goddess Artemis, in favour of vanity and idleness. Her attempted rape of Hermaphroditus places her as the only nymph rapist in the Greek mythological canon

1600 1655 1681 Abbe Artemis Attempted Attempts Atypical Canon Favour Hermaphroditus Idleness Marolles Muses Naiad Nymph Rape Rapist Rejected Salmacis Tableaux Translator Virginal Ways

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