Minor deity of bisexuality, effeminacy, sexuality and fertility.

In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus or Hermaphroditos i/hərˌmæf.rəˈdaɪ.təs/ (Ancient Greek: Ἑρμαφρόδιτος) was the child of goddess Aphrodite and god Hermes. 

He was a minor deity of bisexuality and effeminacy. According to Ovid, born a remarkably handsome boy, he was transformed into an androgynous being by union with the water nymph Salmacis. 

His name is the basis for the word hermaphrodite.

Hermaphroditus, the two-sexed child of Aphrodite and Hermes (Venus and Mercury) had long been a symbol of bisexuality or effeminacy, and was portrayed in Greco-Roman art as a female figure with male genitals.

Hermaphroditus’s name is derived from those of his parents Hermes and Aphrodite.

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