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In addition, the Tricrena (Τρίκρηνα, meaning Three Springs) mountains at Pheneus were sacred to Hermes, because three springs were there and according to the legend, Hermes was washed in them, after birth, by the nymphs of the mountain. [74] Furthermore, at Pharae there was a water sacred to Hermes. The name of the spring was Hermes's ...
The work has mainly been preserved in a sixth-century CE Armenian translation, but the Greek original likely goes back to the first century CE. [2] As such, it is the oldest of the religio-philosophical Hermetica, which were mainly written between c. 100 and c. 300 CE. [3]
Hermeticism, or Hermetism, is a philosophical and religious tradition rooted in the teachings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, a syncretic figure combining elements of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth.
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In Greek mythology, crossroads were associated with both Hecate and Hermes, with shrines and ceremonies for both taking place there. The herm pillar associated with Hermes frequently marked these places due to the god's association with travelers and role as a guide. Though less central to Greek mythology than Hermes, Hecate's connection to ...
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Crocus was a male lover of Hermes. One day, when the two were playing a game of discus, Crocus unexpectedly stood up as Hermes was throwing his discus, and ended up getting hit and dying. Hermes then turned his dead lover into the saffron plant. Cyparissus ("cypress") Cypress: Apollo or Silvanus: Cyparissus was one of Apollo's many male lovers.