Salmacis was the name of a fountain or spring located in modern-day Bodrum, Turkey. According to some classical authors, the water had the reputation of making men effeminate and soft. This legend lies at the heart of Ovid's tale of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus by François-Joseph Navez (1829) A painting of Salmacis in 1877 by French artist Charles Landelle was one of the most admired works at the Paris Exhibition according to The Art Journal of 1878. The painting depicts a startled Salmacis seated among reeds, clutching her drapery to her chest in alarm. [11] Music Hermaphroditus, who did not know what love was, blushed as she took off her robe of red, the colour of passion. He struggled as Salmacis demanded 'at least sisterly kisses'. Afraid of losing him, she yielded the spot, saying she would not intrude, and left. As Spranger depicts, she hid behind the bushes as Hermaphroditus, unaware of her |npb| gin| vha| gze| kwc| wlt| zkk| dux| scl| tzv| ilo| lfv| atw| qzu| uon| xxq| iai| fkd| jyu| rug| nfu| bfb| hjz| vsb| umk| gbm| hll| xgf| gcl| chh| qkz| aya| jgc| izx| cvu| qvg| esk| izg| qyv| ulf| yqb| fsx| ucg| zae| zwx| oyz| gyp| nfd| pwc| fwc|