Who is Hermes?

His Roman name, Mercury.

The son of Zeus and Maia
One of the Olympian Gods

What was Hermes the god of?
God of messengers
God of omens
God of animal husbandry
God of trade and travel
God of the home
God of thievery
God of luck
God of athletics
God of language and education
God of the dead
His Symbols

Cadeceus
Winged sandals
Travel hat

On Zeus giving some duties,
including making of
treaties,commerce he was given a
round hat against rain,and winged
golden sandals which carried him
about the swiftness of wind.
He stole Apollos
herds just when he
was one day old.
Finding a tortoise
outside of his cave,
he displayed his godly
talent by placing
strings across its
shell, thus inventing
the lyre.
Apollo using his prophetic powers had
discovered the identity of the thief.

When Hermes begins to play the lyre,
Apollo becomes very charmed.Then
Hermes in turn gifts the lyre to Apollo.
He was the one who:

Brought the goddesses Aphrodite, Hera and
Athena to the shepherd Paris, causing the judge
and then Trojan War.
Gave Odysseus moly, the magic plant which
offered protection against enchantment by a witch.
Gave Hades helmet of invisibility the hero
Perseus to help him slay Medusa.
Rescued from the flames baby Dionysus, following
his birth.
Freed Ares from the bronze jar during the
Olympians battle versus Giants.
Sold Heracles to Queen Omphale.
Rescued one of Zeus lovers, Io.

He is claimed to invent objects
such as the lyre, syrinx, the
alphabet, astronomy, music,
boxing, gymnastics, the cultivation
of the olive tree, measures,
weights and many other things.
Hermaphroditus,Argonauts,Aethali
des,Echion,Eurytus,Abderus,Ceph
alus.are some of his children.
Some statues from museums over
the world
barcelona
n a disused church
Pio-dementine museum
Statue rutland street
Lyon in France
Musee du
louvre
Knocker in a house
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