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In keeping with the theme of unity between classical art and pop culture, the " sexual personae " of her title include the female vampire ( Medusa, Lauren Bacall ); the pythoness ( the Delphic Oracle, Gracie Allen ); the beautiful boy ( Hadrian's Antinous, Dorian Gray ); the epicene man of beauty ( Lord Byron, Elvis Presley ); and the male heroine ( Baudelaire, Woody Allen ).