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Hermaphrodite: Myths and Rites of the Bisexual Figure in Classical Antiquity PDF

131 Pages·1961·3.36 MB·English
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HERMAPHRODITE DELCOURT HERMAPHRODITE / » • • >. / / Ji V / I Hermaphrodite—Museum Barraco, Rome First published 1956 by Presses Universitaires de France SL //,-,- -A--.*. ONlVEKSVn UBRAK* 1ND1RNR This edition © Copyright 1961 by Marie Delcourt and Studio Books. Published by Longacre Press Ltd. 161-166 Fleet Street, London EC4 TO P. L. COUCHOUD a token of affectionate gratitude Contents INTRODUCTION xi CHAPTER ONE.* TRANSVESTISM IN PRIVATE AND PUBLIC RITES I CHAPTER TWO: THE TWOFOLD GODS 17 CHAPTER THREE: KAINEUS AND TIRESIAS 33 CHAPTER FOUR: HERMAPHRODITE 43 CHAPTER FIVE: THE SYMBOL OF ANDROGYNY IN THE PHILOSOPHICAL MYTHS 6j APPENDIX: FEMALE SAINTS IN MASCULINE CLOTHING 84 BIBLIOGRAPHY T02 vii List of Illustrations Hermaphrodite—Museum Barraco, Rome i. Hermaphrodite—Staatliche Museen, Berlin 2. Hermaphrodite—Museo e Galleria Borgkese, Rome 3. Hermaphrodite—National Museum, Athens 4. Hermaphrodite—Louvre, Paris 5. Hermaphrodite—British Museum, London 6. Hermaphrodite—National museun, Stockholm 7. Zeus Labrandeus—British Museum, London IX

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