Talk:Sleeping Hermaphroditus

Some points
--Wetman 06:38, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * A particular sculpture is an example of a type, not a type.
 * Bolded title phrases are not also linked.
 * "is thought to be..." never makes a wrong statement right or a deluded personal statement mainstream and encyclopedic: omit it always.
 * "Nominally, it represents..." suggests that actually it represents something else.
 * "a generic hermaphrodite being" rather than the mythic figure of Hermaphroditus himself is a solecism, like saying that a sculpture of Hercules might also be just a guy with a club..
 * Yes, it's a hermaphrodite who may (or not) be the Hermaphroditus, rather than Hermaphroditus who may be a hermaphrodite, if u see what I mean. I'm just looking for a phraseology on this - I think art historians mainly argue it was a hermaphrodite form rather than a direct depiction of Hermaphroditus himself, though I'd welcome some expert citation on that point.  Neddyseagoon - talk 20:08, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
 * bulleted lists in articles need to be edited into connected text.
 * Yes, those are all faults leftover from its stub out from Hermaphroditus. I've edited in line with those points, and if you could input too, that'ld be great.Neddyseagoon - talk 19:58, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

After my edit merging the first and third paragraphs into a more sensible order, the second paragraph still seems to refer to an instance rather than a type. Which is it referring to? Hairy Dude (talk) 00:21, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

I cleaned up the second paragraph. inserted a citation to Robertson, and removed the "clarification needed" note. --Cleeder (talk) 05:00, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

More visual detail?
The accompanying photos of the statue, though of high quality, don't really supply solid evidence that this is a statue of a hermaphrodite at all. Far be it from me to say that we need more photos of cock, but hey, if the shoe fits. 136.142.21.218 04:17, 12 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Here you are. Jastrow (Λέγετε) 18:55, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Link title: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
Clarified the link title for the National Museum of Rome. Palazzo Massimo alle Terme is part of the museum, not a separate institution.