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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It is catalogued under topics including Androgynous and hermaphroditic deities, Metamorphoses characters and Metamorphoses into the opposite sex in Greek mythology.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
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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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