Heracles' itch: An analysis of the first case of male uterine displacement in Greek literature
Scholars have long grappled with the nature of Heracles’ νόσος and his consequent feminization in Sophocles’ Women of Trachis (= Trachiniae). Despite being triggered by a poisonous garment, which acts by means of magic incantation, the evolution of Heracles’ symptoms is described as a clinical case....
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Cambridge University Press
2020
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