Salmacis
Sign in to savethumb|200px|Water Nymph Salmacis, engraving by Philip Galle (1587) Salmacis () was an atypical Naiad nymph of Greek mythology. She rejected the ways of the virginal Greek goddess Artemis in favour of vanity and idleness.
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thumb|200px|Water Nymph Salmacis, engraving by Philip Galle (1587) Salmacis () was an atypical Naiad nymph of Greek mythology. She rejected the ways of the virginal Greek goddess Artemis in favour of vanity and idleness.
== Mythology == === Ovid's version === Salmacis' attempted rape of Hermaphroditus is narrated in the fourth book of Ovid's Metamorphoses (see also Dercetis).
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