Editing Salmacis (section)

=== Literature ===
[[Francis Beaumont]], a poet and playwright, wrote a poem ''Salmacis and Hermaphroditus'' based on Ovid's work. The poem was published anonymously in London in 1602.<ref>[http://www.luminarium.org/renascence-editions/fbeaumont1.html Francis Beaumont, Salmacis and Hermaphroditus - Luminarium.org]</ref>

[[Algernon Charles Swinburne]]'s 1863 poem "Hermaphroditus", based on the Bernini sculpture of the same name in the Louvre, makes mention of Salmacis in the final stanza.

A novel of short stories by Italian writer [[Mario Soldati]] called ''Salmace'' (Salmacis), a title that spans the entire collection. In the story it tells of the transformation of a man into a woman, in a highly metaphorical context.<ref>{{cite book|first=Mario|last=Soldati|title=Salmace|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=21SJuQAACAAJ|year=1929|publisher=Edizioni La Libra}}</ref>