The Witch of Atlas
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Release Date: 1822-01-01
- Genre: Poetry
Description
The plot of The Witch of Atlas revolves around the travels and adventures of a mysterious and mythical Witch who lives in a cave on Atlas' mountain by a secret fountain and who creates a hermaphrodite "by strange art" kneading together fire and snow, a creature, Hermaphroditus, "a sexless thing", with both male and female characteristics, with pinions, or wings. A "fair Shape out of her hands did flow" because "all things together grow/ Through which the harmony of love can pass". In Greek mythology, Hermaphrodite was the offspring of Hermes and Aphrodite.
Reviews
The authors name is PERCY!!
3By Darla tuckOk I haven't read this but I love Greek myth ( the authors name is Percy )