Salmacis (fountain)

37°01′48.7″N 27°25′15.5″E / 37.030194°N 27.420972°E / 37.030194; 27.420972

Salmacis or Salmakis was the name of a fountain or spring located in modern-day Bodrum, Turkey. According to some classical authors, the water had the reputation of making men effeminate, soft, and 'woman like'. Ovid famously recounts the myth in his story about Hermaphroditus and the nymph of the spring Salmacis. Waters that transform men into women are a recurring motif in Near East folklore.

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