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3-5 Ancient Greece There also a very important word of relevance here, which is the word ‘hermaphrodite’. According to OED, the word ‘hermaphrodite’ was coined in 1670 from late 14c. ‘hermofrodito’ derived from Latin ‘hermaphroditus’, and the Latin form from Greek ‘hermaphroditos’ which means a "person partaking of the attributes of both sexes".* Ancient Greek Ἑρμαφρόδῑτος, i.e. ‘hermaphroditos’ is the proper name of the son of ‘Hermes’, an Olympian God & herald of the Gods associated with ‘Mercury’; and Aphrodite, a goddess of love, beauty; and is a symbol of female grace; from Phoenician ‘Ashtaroth’ i.e. Sumerian 'Ishtar' = Old Egyptian 'Isis', which is associated with Venus. 
‘Hermes’ was loved by the ‘nymph Salmacis’ who she prayed for complete union with him, they physically united combining both male and female characteristics. 
Below is a reference for the narrative of Salmacis & 'Hermaphroditus - and there also 'Hermaphroditus' images and depictions **- a 1–50 AD fresco in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy. *** 
The earliest historical report of 'Hermaphroditus' was by Theophrastus in the 3rd century BC in his book: 'The Characters, XVI The Superstitious Man'. 
Then, Diodorus Siculus wrote about 'Hermaphroditus' in the first century BC in his book: Bibliotheca historica, book IV, 4.6.5. where Diodorus described 'Hermaphroditus' as "born with a physical body which is a combination of that of a man and that of a woman". References and Supplementary Data Robinson, M. (1999). Salmacis and Hermaphroditus: when two become one*(Ovid, Met. 4.285–388). The Classical Quarterly, 49(1), 212-223. Zajko, V. (2009). 'Listening With'Ovid: Intersexuality, Queer Theory, and the Myth of Hermaphroditus and Salmacis. Helios, 36(2), 175-202. *https://www.etymonline.com/word/hermaphrodite **[https://www.hellenicaworld.com/Greece/Mythology/en/Salmacis.html] ***[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphroditus]