Iphis
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thumb|Isis and Telethusa by Bernard Picart|Picart, 1732.
In Greek and Roman mythology, Iphis ( or ; , gen. Ἴφιδος Íphidos) was a child of Telethusa and Ligdus in Crete, born female and raised as male, who was later transformed by the goddess Isis into a man.
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