Iphis (now transformed into a man) and Ianthe marry at the Temple of Isis
Rewriting Gender: Yde et Olive and Ovidian Myth
Rewriting Gender: Yde et Olive and Ovidian Myth
The Old French story Yde et Olive, a continuation of Huon de Bordeaux, recounts the miraculous gender change of a female character who disguises herself as a man to escape the threat of incest. It is the first medieval reworking of Ovid's myth of Iphis (Met. IX. 666-797).
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Image: British Museum. Antono Tempesta.