Hermes

Title
Hermes
Publication Date
2016
Author(s)
Dillon, Matthew P
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6874-0513
Email: mdillon@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mdillon
Editor
Editor(s): Eric Orlin, Lisbeth S Fried, Jennifer Knust, Michael Satlow & Michael E Pregill
Type of document
Entry In Reference Work
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
New York, United States of America
Edition
1
UNE publication id
une:21566
Abstract
Hermes was an ancient Greek god, known from the LINEAR B tablets. In art, he was depicted wearing winged sandals to speed him in his main role as messenger for the gods, and was usually shown with his 'kerykeion' (caduceus), a staff which messengers also carried; he was their patron. He was also the god of thieves, trickery and animal husbandry, with his most famous exploit (recounted in the HOMERIC HYMN to Hermes) being to steal fifty of APOLLO's cattle on the very day he was born.
Link
link
Citation
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religions, p. 415-415
ISBN
9780415831970
9780203506240
Start page
415
End page
415

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