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She (it?) approaches the mansion with suspicion, a slender female in a short Grecian tunic, which any Greek might be able to recognize as a man's style, but the presence of breasts is undeniable. She is beautiful, androgynous, and absolutely furious.
"Zeus!" She shouts, searching the faces of the strangers around her, all clad in costumes she cannot recognize. "ZEUS!" She stumbles, on the verge of tears, and falls to her knees, shaking with anger and fear. "Where am I? What have you done with his body? ZEUS!"
(Introducing Agdistis, the OTHER hermaphrodite in Greek mythology. Although at this point she (it) is kind of castrated. Since almost no one has even heard of her, I provide plot synopsis:
Agdistis was born of Zeus x Mountain (Agdus). Castrated by Bacchus in punishment for sexual excesses. The blood from his castrated genitals grew into a pomegranate tree which some princess named Nana put in her blouse and got pregnant off of it. Her father was all "YOU SLUT." and locked her up, but she had the kid anyway, and the kid (Attis) grew up super-hot. So Agdistis comes around and thinks Attis is hot, so they have kinky semi-incestual sex. But Attis' grandaddy thinks this is not cool, so he marries Attis to some chick. Attis is all "WOE IS ME," castrates himself, and commits suicide. The chick starts screaming and kills herself, and a bunch of other people decide to kill themselves. Agdistis takes the body of his beloved (son?) and goes to Zeus begging to have him brought back to life. Zeus says no, but he does grant that the body of Attis will never decompose. Agdistis is satisfied with that, and spends the next several millenia snuggling his boyfriend's corpse.
... don't look at me, I didn't come up with this stuff. The icon used is of the statue, the sleeping hermaphrodite, a copy of which can be found in the louvre. I'm writing my thesis paper on why this hermaphrodite is actually Agdistis. Crazy fangirl, where?)
"Zeus!" She shouts, searching the faces of the strangers around her, all clad in costumes she cannot recognize. "ZEUS!" She stumbles, on the verge of tears, and falls to her knees, shaking with anger and fear. "Where am I? What have you done with his body? ZEUS!"
(Introducing Agdistis, the OTHER hermaphrodite in Greek mythology. Although at this point she (it) is kind of castrated. Since almost no one has even heard of her, I provide plot synopsis:
Agdistis was born of Zeus x Mountain (Agdus). Castrated by Bacchus in punishment for sexual excesses. The blood from his castrated genitals grew into a pomegranate tree which some princess named Nana put in her blouse and got pregnant off of it. Her father was all "YOU SLUT." and locked her up, but she had the kid anyway, and the kid (Attis) grew up super-hot. So Agdistis comes around and thinks Attis is hot, so they have kinky semi-incestual sex. But Attis' grandaddy thinks this is not cool, so he marries Attis to some chick. Attis is all "WOE IS ME," castrates himself, and commits suicide. The chick starts screaming and kills herself, and a bunch of other people decide to kill themselves. Agdistis takes the body of his beloved (son?) and goes to Zeus begging to have him brought back to life. Zeus says no, but he does grant that the body of Attis will never decompose. Agdistis is satisfied with that, and spends the next several millenia snuggling his boyfriend's corpse.
... don't look at me, I didn't come up with this stuff. The icon used is of the statue, the sleeping hermaphrodite, a copy of which can be found in the louvre. I'm writing my thesis paper on why this hermaphrodite is actually Agdistis. Crazy fangirl, where?)