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As a result of all of this, Hermais takes her father's name, Diophantos, enlists in the cavalry and lives the rest of her life as a man. Her husband had been madly in love with Hermais, can't deal with losing her and the shame of having had anal sex, and kills himself. In his will he names Diophantos as his heir, and we are left with the sentiment, "So she who was born a woman took upon herself a man's reputation and daring, whereas the man turned out to be weaker in mind than a woman" (179). | As a result of all of this, Hermais takes her father's name, Diophantos, enlists in the cavalry and lives the rest of her life as a man. Her husband had been madly in love with Hermais, can't deal with losing her and the shame of having had anal sex, and kills himself. In his will he names Diophantos as his heir, and we are left with the sentiment, "So she who was born a woman took upon herself a man's reputation and daring, whereas the man turned out to be weaker in mind than a woman" (179). |
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