Talk:Salmacis

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This is my own translation of the verse. --JRBliss 03:23, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

What actually happened to Salmacis?

In some other examples of this myth it is said the "Salmacis was no more". But in other examples it says nothing.

Was she actually destroyed or when she merged with hermaphroditus she became a voice in the back of his head. eg like cortana with master cheif. If the fist one is correct that would defeat the purpose of being merged. -- unsigned edit by Grimrecka 08:24, 26 Apr 2007

Ovid doesn't specify that, except that at least control of the body belonged to Hermaphroditus.

I wonder if there's a translation that's neither abridged nor shoehorned into unreadable poetry. Garth's version is especially painful to read (at least to dirty foreigners like me), others have most details butchered away. Preferably something like JRBliss' fragment. The story itself appears to be interesting, it's a shame it's inaccessible because of the Latin language going out of fashion. And no, Ovid did not use an archaic nor unreadable language when he wrote it, it's just a case of bitrot. --KiloByte (talk) 16:59, 16 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]