Erotic Mythology ✊Mar 17

This week's #MythologyMonday theme is stones and gems. In #GreekMythology, Hermes turned a woman into stone for cock-blocking him:
Hermes spotted the Athenian maiden Herse on his way home and without disguise came to her house. Herse's sister, Aglauros, asked him who he was and when he introduced himself as the son of Zeus, Aglauros demanded a huge sum of gold for letting him shag her sister and sat down opposite Herse's chamber.
"I will not move from here until you leave," she said.

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Hermes agreed and opened the door to Herse's chamber with his caduceus. When Aglauros wanted to rise in protest, she couldn't. She fought to raise herself up and straighten her body, but to no avail: rock was already taking hold of her throat, her mouth was growing hard, until she sat there, nothing but a bloodless statue.

The myth is told by #Ovid, in Metamorphoses, 2, ll. 711–832

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Mar 17 at 1:50pmWeb