{"id":1359,"date":"2018-02-09T11:21:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T11:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2020-03-18T17:09:15","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T17:09:15","slug":"salmacis-and-hermaphroditus-paula-james-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/?p=1359","title":{"rendered":"Salmacis and Hermaphroditus &#8211; Paula James reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since retiring from the Open University in 2015, Paula James has been immersed in\u00a0her ongoing research into\u00a0classical mythology.\u00a0Amongst other things, she has been working on an article about the myth of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus from Ovid&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Metamorphoses<\/em> Book 4. We recorded <a href=\"http:\/\/podcast.open.ac.uk\/pod\/3642#!f6de0302a2\">a short audio with Paula about the myth<\/a>, to share on this blog. You can also access the full text of her article draft by clicking on the link below. The article hasn&#8217;t yet found a permanent home in a journal, but Paula told us\u00a0that she doesn&#8217;t want it to sink without a trace like poor Salmacis did! \u00a0We&#8217;re very pleased to share it on the blog, and\u00a0invite readers to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/people\/pj4\">send on any feedback or ideas to Paula at the address on her Open University webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/podcast.open.ac.uk\/pod\/3642#!f6de0302a2\">Audio: Paula James talks about the myth of Salmacis<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Article link (PDF):\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Paula_James_Salmacis_article.doc\">Paula_James_Salmacis_article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/podcast.open.ac.uk\/pod\/3642#!f6de0302a2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1365 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-08-at-14.42.35.png\" alt=\"screenshot of OU podcast channel - audio about Salmacis\" width=\"956\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-08-at-14.42.35.png 956w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-08-at-14.42.35-300x154.png 300w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-08-at-14.42.35-768x394.png 768w, https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/blogs\/classicalstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-08-at-14.42.35-624x320.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since retiring from the Open University in 2015, Paula James has been immersed in\u00a0her ongoing research into\u00a0classical mythology.\u00a0Amongst other things, she has been working on an article about the myth of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus from Ovid&#8217;s\u00a0Metamorphoses Book 4. We recorded a short audio with Paula about the myth, to share on this blog. 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