Brisson relates the extant ancient narratives about two-sexed creatures, and discusses the significant roles they played in myth and philosophy.
List of Illustrations
ix
Foreword
xi
Preface to the English Edition
xiii
Introduction
1
(6)
Monsters
7
(34)
An Ominous Prodigy
8
(23)
An Error of Nature
31
(7)
A Phenomenon
38
(3)
Dual Sexuality and Homosexuality
41
(31)
The Myth of Hermaphroditus, as Told by Ovid
42
(19)
Masculinity and Femininity in Ancient Greece and Rome
61
(3)
Homosexuality in Ancient Greece and Rome
64
(8)
Archetypes
72
(43)
The Myth of Aristophances in Plato's Symposium
73
(12)
Orphism
85
(17)
Gnosticism
102
(4)
The Chaldean Oracles
106
(2)
The Hermetic Corpus
108
(3)
The Phoenix
111
(4)
Mediators
115
(32)
The Myth of Tiresias
116
(14)
A Brief Bestiary Associated with the Myth of Tiresias
130
(17)
Conclusion
147
(4)
Notes
151
(32)
Bibliography
183
(2)
General Index
185
(6)
Index Locorum
191
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