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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. Ancient Greek deity and herald of the gods For other uses, see Hermes (disambiguation). Hermes God of boundaries, roads, travelers, merchants, thieves, athletes, shepherds, commerce, speed, cunning, language, oratory, wit, and messages Member of the Twelve Olympians Hermes Ingenui ...
Hermes measures 2.10/2.12 m, 3.70 m with the base. The right foot of Hermes is integral with a section of the base, which has undergone some adjustment in antiquity. The face and torso of Hermes are striking for their highly polished, glowing surface, which John Boardman half-jokingly attributed to generations of temple workers. [2]
Thierry Hermès, founder of Hermès. Thierry Hermès was born in Krefeld, Germany, to a French father and a German mother.The family moved to France in 1828. [3] In 1837, Hermès first established a harness workshop in the Grands Boulevards quarter of Paris, dedicated to serving European noblemen.
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the twelve Olympians are the major deities of the Greek pantheon, commonly considered to be Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, and either Hestia or Dionysus. [2] They were called Olympians because, according to tradition, they resided on Mount ...
HMS Hermes, the name of several ships of the British Royal Navy; Hermes-class post ship, a class of Royal Navy sailing ships built in the early 19th century; Hermes-class sloop, a Royal Navy class of four paddlewheel steam sloops built in the 1830s; USS Hermes, later USS Lanikai, a yacht commissioned into the U.S. Navy in World War I and World ...
A Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BCE (Museo Pio-Clementino, Rome) The caduceus (☤; / k ə ˈ dj uː ʃ ə s,-s i ə s /; Latin: cādūceus, from Ancient Greek: κηρύκειον kērū́keion "herald's wand, or staff") [b] is the staff carried by Hermes in Greek mythology and consequently by Hermes Trismegistus in
In Koine Greek, the city was called "The City of Hermes" since the Greeks identified Hermes with Thoth, because the city was the main cult centre of Thoth, the Pharaonic god of magic, healing, and wisdom and the patron of scribes.
The Hermes of Andros (Greek: Ερμής της Άνδρου) is a large Roman-era marble sculpture of the Greek god Hermes, god of commerce and messengers, that was unearthed in the Aegean island of Andros, Greece in the early eighteenth century.