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Hermes
Hermes was the ancient Greek god of trade, wealth, luck, fertility, animal husbandry, sleep, language, thieves, and travel. One of the cleverest and most mischievous of the 12 Olympian gods, Hermes was their herald and messenger. In that...
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The Desecration of the Statues of Hermes, 415 BCE
On 7 June 415 BCE, various statues of the god Hermes were desecrated in Athens. The Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE) had been raging for decades as one of the biggest civil wars in Ancient Greece, and the Athenians prepared for the expedition...
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Hermes: Greek God, Trickster and Messenger to the Gods
Hermes was the Ancient Greek god of trade, wealth, luck, fertility, animal husbandry, sleep, language, thieves, and travel. He is known as the trickster of the Greek pantheon, and most recognisable is his position as the Messenger to the...
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Hermes Ludovisi
Roman marble copy from the late 1st century CE - early 2nd century CE after a Greek original of 450-440 BCE (right hand restored). Possibly here as Hermes Psychopompos, leader of souls - the left hand beckons. Part of a monument in Athens...
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Thoth
Thoth is the Egyptian god of writing, magic, wisdom, and the moon. He was one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt alternately said to be self-created or born of the seed of Horus from the forehead of Set. As the son of these two deities...
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The Atalante Hermes
The Atalante Hermes from Atalante, Phthiotis, 2nd century CE. The figure is a funerary statue of a youth in the guise of the god Hermes. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
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Hermes' Winged Sandal
A detail of a marble statue of Hermes showing one of the messenger god's winged sandals. 19th century CE plaster cast from the 1st century BCE bronze original. (Archaeological Museum, Pavia, Italy)
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Hermes Loghios
Hermes Loghios; 2nd century CE copy of 5th century BCE bronze attributed to Phidias; Restored by Alessandro Algardi in 17th century CE, he added the right arm; Palazzo Altemps in Rome, Italy
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Statue of Hermes of Alkamenes from Pergamon
The inscription on the frontal part of the pillar reads, in Greek, "You will recognize the fine statue by Alkamenes, the Hermes before the Gates, Pergamios gave it, know thyself". This is a copy of an original sculpted by the Greek sculptor...
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Hermes Kriophoros
Fragmentary statue of Hermes carrying a ram on his shoulders (Kriophoros, the "ram-bearer"). Late Roman marble copy from the 1st century BCE of the Kriophoros of Kalamis (a 5th century BCE sculptor of ancient Greece), found near Rome. (Museo...