Karl Auerbach
2026-04-25T23:00:39Z

Don't forget the story of Teiresias in Ovid's Metamorphosis. Teiresias was transformed from a man into a woman for several years. In a dispute between Zeus and Hera Teiresias was asked to compare various things, including sex.

Here's a rather scholarly article about it:

scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/…