 The first mention of Hermes and Aphrodite as Hermaphroditus's parents was by the Greek historian, Diodorus Siculus (1st century BC), in his book "Bibliotheca historica", book IV, 4.6.5.The only full narration of his myth is that of Ovid's "Metamorphoses", IV.274–388 (8 AD), where the emphasis is on the feminine snares of the lascivious water-nymph Salmacis and her compromising of Hermaphroditus' erstwhile budding manly strength, detailing his bashfulness and the engrafting of their bodies.A rendering of the story into an "epyllion", published anonymously in 1602, was later (1640) attributed by some to Francis Beaumont.