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Aphroditus

Aphroditus (or Aphroditos) was a god worshiped in Greece. He was worshiped as both male and female and was portrayed as having a female form and Aphrodite’s clothing but also the beard and sexual organs of a man. To celebrate Aphroditus men and women routinely exchanged clothing and assumed alternate sexual roles. It is also believed that during these rituals women assumed a penetrative role while men celebrated the “passive” sexual experience. Aphroditus is also identified as the later god Hermaphroditus, whose name means “Aphroditus in the form a herm.” In Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus was the son of Hermes and Aphrodite.

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