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Hermes (and Sarpedon) |
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“Except for Zeus, Hermes alone of the Olympians seems to have a name of transparent meaning: ‘he of the stone heap’ (Greek herma = ‘stone heap’). Most interpreters explain his origin from the practice, still common today, of marking trails through remote areas by a heap of stones. Each traveler throws a stone on the pile for good luck. Thus Hermes is the spirit that lives in the stone pile, the protector of travelers and of those who wander on the edge of civilization.” |
Powell- Classical Myth |
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Herm (Hermes) |
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Which god is associated with merchants, travelers and money? |
Hermes |
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What is the etymology of Hermes? |
Has to do with interpretation |
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What is a caduceus? |
A staff intertwined with two snakes copulating |
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Hermes |
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“The sun, with chariot and horses, had set over dry land and sea, / when Hermes came to the shades of Pieria, hill of the Muses, / where the herds of the blessed gods were safely shut in for the night, / well fed by a long day’s grazing in meadows fragrant and blooming. / Of these the son of Maia, the far-sighted slayer of Argus, / picked out and drove away fifty mooing head from the cow pens. / By twisted byways he drove them, and wherever the roadway was sandy, / turned them back to front, reversing the hoof prints’ direction / by driving them backward, while he himself proceeded on forward.” |
Homeric Hymn to Hermes |
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Hermes |
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Hermes (?) |
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“The lord Apollo, himself Zeus’s son, sped quickly to Pylos, / down by the sandy shore, to hunt for his shambling cattle, / wrapping his brawny shoulders in a misty cloud for concealment. / There he who shoots from afar saw the tracks of cattle and shouted: ‘What in the name of Heaven is this that startles my eyes! / It looks to me like the track of a herd of longhorned cattle, / but why are they turned the wrong way, to the meadow of asphodel? / And these—they cannot be the tracks of a mortal man or woman, / nor yet of gray wolves or bears, or even of ravenous lions. / I can scarcely believe it’s the track of a shaggy-necked Centaur, / yet something nasty has traveled this pathway on hurrying feet. / One set of tracks is horrendous, the other is simply appalling!” |
Homeric Hymn to Hermes |
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Apollo |
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“Look, kid, you who are lying so innocent there in your cradle, / tell me, where are the cows? If you won’t talk, there’ll be trouble. / I’ll grab you and fling you down to the windy darkness of hell, / a miserable end, and one that you’ll never succeed in escaping. / Neither your Mother nor Father can bring you back to the light, / but you’ll wander under the earth, with only small men to command.” |
Homeric Hymn to Hermes |
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“Hermes replied to all this with words that were carefully chosen: / ‘Tell me, great son of Leto, just why are you talking so tough? / and why come into the house of beasts that live out of doors? / I never saw them, I never heard of them, nobody told me about them. / I couldn’t tell you a thing or collect a fee as an informer. / Do I look like a rustler of cattle, a brawny and muscular fellow? / That just isn’t my style. I’m busy with other grave matters— / especially sleeping, and feeding on milk… / … / I hope no one will ask you just how this argument started, / for even the gods would wonder, if you told them a newly born baby / walked right in the front door with a herd of wide-ranging cattle. / You claim what doesn’t make sense! Only yesterday was I born…” |
Homeric Hymn to Hermes |
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Zeus |
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“Zeus gave a cynical laugh at the sight of his evil-plotting (kakomêdea) child, / how skillfully he rebutted the charge of rustling the cattle. / In the best paternal fashion he told them to be at one, / to go and hunt for the cows, with Hermes leading his brother, / and, laying aside his mischief, to show the secret enclosure / in which, so shortly before, he had hidden the cows he had stolen. / So the son of Cronus decreed, and glorious Hermes obeyed him, / for the will of Zeus, lord of the aegis, quickly won his assent.” |
Homeric Hymn to Hermes |
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When he had thus spoken, he said to his son Hermes, “Hermes, you are our messenger, go therefore and tell Calypso we have decreed that poor Odysseus is to return home. He is to be convoyed neither by gods nor men, but after a perilous voyage of twenty days upon a raft he is to reach fertile Scheria, the land of the Phaeacians, who are near of kin to the gods, and will honor him as though he were one of ourselves. They will send him in a ship to his own country, and will give him more bronze and gold and raiment than he would have brought back from Troy, if he had had had all his prize money and had got home without disaster. This is how we have settled that he shall return to his country and his friends.” |
Homer- Odyssey |
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Hermes and Mediator (Calypso) |
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"We are speaking god and goddess to one another, and you ask me why I have come here, and I will tell you truly as you would have me do. Zeus sent me; it was no doing of mine; who could possibly want to come all this way over the sea where there are no cities full of people to offer me sacrifices or choice hecatombs? Nevertheless I had to come, for none of us other gods can cross Zeus, nor transgress his orders.” |
Homer- Odyssey |
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Hermes as Mediator (Ogygia) |
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Hermes as Mediator (Ogygia? Gozo) |
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“He says that you have here the most ill-starred of all those who fought nine years before the city of King Priam and sailed home in the tenth year after having sacked it. On their way home, they sinned against Athena, who raised both wind and waves against them, so that all his brave companions perished, and he alone was carried hither by wind and tide. Zeus says that you are to let this by man go at once, for it is decreed that he shall not perish here, far from his own people, but shall return to his house and country and see his friends again.” |
Homer- Odyssey |
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Pan, Son of Hermes |
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Pan, Son of Hermes |
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“Muse, tell me about Pan, the dear son of Hermes, with his goat's feet and two horns —a lover of merry noise. Through wooded glades he wanders with dancing nymphs who foot it on some sheer cliff's edge, calling upon Pan, the shepherd-god, long-haired, unkempt. He has every snowy crest and the mountain peaks and rocky crests for his domain; hither and thither he goes through the close thickets, now lured by soft streams, and now he presses on amongst towering crags and climbs up to the highest peak that overlooks the flocks. Often he courses through the glistening high mountains, and often on the shouldered hills he speeds along slaying wild beasts, this keen-eyed god. Only at evening, as he returns from the chase, he sounds his note, playing sweet and low on his pipes of reed: not even she could excel him in melody —that bird who in flower-laden spring pouring forth her lament utters honey-voiced song amid the leaves.” |
Homeric Hymn to Pan |
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“They … choose to tell of such an one as luck-bringing Hermes above the rest, how he is the swift messenger of all the gods, and how he came to Arcadia, the land of many springs and mother of flocks, there where his sacred place is as god of Cyllene. For there, though a god, he used to tend curly-fleeced sheep in the service of a mortal man, because there fell on him and waxed strong melting desire to wed the rich-tressed daughter of Dryops, and there he brought about the merry marriage. And in the house she bore Hermes a dear son, who from his birth was marvelous to look upon, with goat's feet and two horns —a noisy, merry-laughing child. But when the nurse saw his uncouth face and full beard, she was afraid and sprang up and fled and left the child. Then luck-bringing Hermes received him and took him in his arms: very glad in his heart was the god. And he went quickly to the abodes of the deathless gods, carrying his son wrapped in warm skins of mountain hares, and set him down beside Zeus and showed him to the rest of the gods. Then all the immortals were glad in heart and Bacchic Dionysus especially; and they called the boy Pan because he delighted all their hearts.” |
Homeric Hymn to Pan |
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Pan (Arcadia) |
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Pan (Arcadia) |
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“Clear-voiced Muse, sing of Hephaestus, famed for his craft (klytomêtis), who, together with grey-eyed Athena, taught men upon the earth glorious arts (erga), men who previously used to dwell in moutain caves like beasts. But now having learned arts (erga) through Hephaestus, famed for his skill (klytotechnên), easily they pass their lives at peace in their homes throughout the year that brings fulfillment. Hail, Hephaestus! Grant me excellence (arêtê) and wealth!” |
Homeric Hymn to Hephaestus |
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Return of Hephaestus (to Olympus) |
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“Arês, bane of all mankind (brotoloigos), crusted with blood, breacher of city walls (teichesiplêtês), why not allow the Trojans and Achaeans to fight alone? Let them contend—why not?—for glory Zeus may hold out to the winner, while we keep clear of combat—and his rage.” |
Homer- Iliad |
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Ares, God of War |
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Who is the god of smiths and metal-working? |
Hephaestus |
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Who made the shield of Achilles and the chains that bind Prometheus? |
Hephaestus |
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Who is Achilles' mother? |
Thetis |
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Which god is usually presented with a spear and armor? |
Ares |
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"Diomedes, son of Tydeus," replied Minerva, "man after my own heart, fear neither Ares nor any other of the immortals, for I will befriend you. Nay, drive straight at Ares, and smite him in close combat; fear not this raging madman, villain incarnate, first on one side and then on the other. But now he was holding talk with Juno and myself, saying he would help the Argives and attack the Trojans; nevertheless he is with the Trojans, and has forgotten the Argives.” |
Homer- Iliad |
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Diomedes attacking Ares |
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“Meanwhile Thetis came to the house of Hephaestus, imperishable, star-bespangled, fairest of the abodes in heaven, a house of bronze wrought by the lame god's own hands. She found him busy with his bellows, sweating and hard at work, for he was making twenty tripods that were to stand by the wall of his house, and he set wheels of gold under them all that they might go of their own selves to the assemblies of the gods, and come back again- marvels indeed to see.”
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Thetis (With Peleus) |
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Who is Achilles' father? |
Peleus |
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“They were finished all but the ears of cunning workmanship which yet remained to be fixed to them: these he was now fixing, and he was hammering at the rivets. While he was thus at work silver-footed Thetis came to the house. Charis, of graceful head-dress, wife to the far-famed lame god, came towards her as soon as she saw her, and took her hand in her own, saying, ‘Why have you come to our house, Thetis, honoured and ever welcome- for you do not visit us often? Come inside and let me set refreshment before you.’”
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“The goddess led the way as she spoke, and bade Thetis sit on a richly decorated seat inlaid with silver; there was a footstool also under her feet. Then she called Hephaestus and said, ‘Hephaestus, come here, Thetis wants you’; and the far-famed lame god answered, ‘Then it is indeed an august and honored goddess who has come here; she it was that took care of me when I was suffering from the heavy fall which I had through my cruel mother's anger- for she would have got rid of me because I was lame. It would have gone hardly with me had not Eurynome, daughter of the ever-encircling waters of Oceanus, and Thetis, taken me to their bosom.’”
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“’Nine years did I stay with them, and many beautiful works in bronze, brooches, spiral armlets, cups, and chains, did I make for them in their cave, with the roaring waters of Oceanus foaming as they rushed ever past it; and no one knew, neither of gods nor men, save only Thetis and Eurynome who took care of me. If, then, Thetis has come to my house I must make her due requital for having saved me; entertain her, therefore, with all hospitality, while I put by my bellows and all my tools.’”
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“On this the mighty monster hobbled off from his anvil, his thin legs plying lustily under him. He set the bellows away from the fire, and gathered his tools into a silver chest. Then he took a sponge and washed his face and hands, his shaggy chest and brawny neck; he donned his shirt, grasped his strong staff, and limped towards the door. There were golden handmaids also who worked for him, and were like real young women, with sense and reason, voice also and strength, and all the learning of the immortals; these busied themselves as the king bade them, while he drew near to Thetis, seated her upon a goodly seat, and took her hand in his own…”
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“And Vulcan answered, ‘Take heart, and be no more disquieted about this matter; would that I could hide him from death's sight when his hour is come, so surely as I can find him armor that shall amaze the eyes of all who behold it.’”
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Thetis visits Hephaestus |
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Hephaestus Presenting the Arms of Achilles to Thetis |
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“When he had so said he left her and went to his bellows, turning them towards the fire and bidding them do their office. Twenty bellows blew upon the melting-pots, and they blew blasts of every kind, some fierce to help him when he had need of them, and others less strong as Hephaestus willed it in the course of his work. He threw tough copper into the fire, and tin, with silver and gold; he set his great anvil on its block, and with one hand grasped his mighty hammer while he took the tongs in the other.
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First he shaped the shield so great and strong, adorning it all over and binding it round with a gleaming circuit in three layers; and the baldric was made of silver. He made the shield in five thicknesses, and with many a wonder did his cunning hand enrich it.
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Homer- Iliad |
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He wrought the earth, the heavens, and the sea; the moon also at her full and the untiring sun, with all the signs that glorify the face of heaven- the Pleiads, the Hyads, huge Orion, and the Bear, which men also call the Wain and which turns round ever in one place, facing. Orion, and alone never dips into the stream of Oceanus.” |
Homer- Iliad |
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Shield (with Baldric) |
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Shield of Achilles |
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Ares and Aphrodite (Demodocus) |
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Ares and Aphrodite (Demodocus) |
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“Presently the servant came back with Demodocus's lyre, and he took his place in the midst of them, whereon the best young dancers in the town began to foot and trip it so nimbly that Ulysses was delighted with the merry twinkling of their feet.”
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“Meanwhile the bard began to sing the loves of Arês (Mars) and Aphroditê (Venus), and how they first began their intrigue in the house of Vulcan. Mars made Venus many presents, and defiled King Vulcan's marriage bed, so the sun, who saw what they were about, told Vulcan. Vulcan was very angry when he heard such dreadful news, so he went to his smithy brooding mischief, got his great anvil into its place, and began to forge some chains which none could either unloose or break, so that they might stay there in that place. When he had finished his snare he went into his bedroom and festooned the bed-posts all over with chains like cobwebs; he also let many hang down from the great beam of the ceiling.”
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“Not even a god could see them, so fine and subtle were they. As soon as he had spread the chains all over the bed, he made as though he were setting out for the fair state of Lemnos, which of all places in the world was the one he was most fond of. But Mars kept no blind look out, and as soon as he saw him start, hurried off to his house, burning with love for Venus.
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Now Venus was just come in from a visit to her father Jove, and was about sitting down when Mars came inside the house, an said as he took her hand in his own, ‘Let us go to the couch of Vulcan: he is not at home, but is gone off to Lemnos among the Sintians, whose speech is barbarous.’"
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“…they went to the couch to take their rest, whereon they were caught in the toils which cunning Vulcan had spread for them, and could neither get up nor stir hand or foot, but found too late that they were in a trap. Then Vulcan came up to them, for he had turned back before reaching Lemnos, when his scout the sun told him what was going on. He was in a furious passion, and stood in the vestibule making a dreadful noise as he shouted to all the gods.”
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“‘Father Jove,’ he cried, ‘and all you other blessed gods who live forever, come here and see the ridiculous and disgraceful sight that I will show you. Jove's daughter Venus is always dishonoring me because I am lame. She is in love with Mars, who is handsome and clean built, whereas I am a cripple—but my parents are to blame for that, not I; they ought never to have begotten me. Come and see the pair together asleep on my bed. It makes me furious to look at them.’”
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“‘They are very fond of one another, but I do not think they will lie there longer than they can help, nor do I think that they will sleep much; there, however, they shall stay till her father has repaid me the sum I gave him for his baggage of a daughter, who is fair but not honest.’
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On this the gods gathered to the house of Vulcan. Earth-encircling Neptune came, and Mercury the bringer of luck, and King Apollo, but the goddesses stayed at home all of them for shame. Then the givers of all good things stood in the doorway, and the blessed gods roared with inextinguishable laughter, as they saw how cunning Vulcan had been, whereon one would turn towards his neighbor saying: "Ill deeds do not prosper, and the weak confound the strong. See how limping Vulcan, lame as he is, has caught Mars who is the fleetest god in heaven; and now Mars will be cast in heavy damages."
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Thus did they converse, but King Apollo said to Mercury, "Messenger Mercury, giver of good things, you would not care how strong the chains were, would you, if you could sleep with Venus?"
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"King Apollo," answered Mercury, "I only wish I might get the chance, though there were three times as many chains—and you might look on, all of you, gods and goddesses, but would sleep with her if I could."
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The immortal gods burst out laughing as they heard him, but Neptune (Poseidon) took it all seriously, and kept on imploring Vulcan to set Mars free again. "Let him go," he cried, "and I will undertake, as you require, that he shall pay you all the damages that are held reasonable among the immortal gods."
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“‘Do not,’ replied Vulcan, "ask me to do this; a bad man's bond is bad security; what remedy could I enforce against you if Mars should go away and leave his debts behind him along with his chains?"
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Homer- Odyssey |
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"Vulcan," said Neptune, "if Mars goes away without paying his damages, I will pay you myself." So Vulcan answered, "In this case I cannot and must not refuse you."
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Homer- Odyssey |
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Thereon he loosed the bonds that bound them, and as soon as they were free they scampered off, Mars to Thrace and laughter-loving Venus to Cyprus and to Paphos, where is her grove and her altar fragrant with burnt offerings. Here the Graces bathed her, and anointed her with oil of ambrosia such as the immortal gods make use of, and they clothed her in raiment of the most enchanting beauty.
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Homer- Odyssey |
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Thus sang the bard, and both Ulysses (Odysseus) and the seafaring Phaeacians were charmed as they heard him.” |
Homer- Odyssey |
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“But when the intent of great Zeus was brought to fulfillment, / and the tenth month was marked for her in the heavens, / Maia brought Hermes forth into the light, and wondrous deeds occurred. / At that time she bore a child who was wily (polutropos) and crafty (haimylomêtês), / a crook, a cattle-rustler, a con man, / a burglar, and a lookout man, who was about / to produce deeds famous among the immortal gods.” Homeric Hymn to Hermes |
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“But when the intent of great Zeus was brought to fulfillment, / and the tenth month was marked for her in the heavens, / Maia brought Hermes forth into the light, and wondrous deeds occurred. / At that time she bore a child who was wily (polutropos) and crafty (haimylomêtês), / a crook, a cattle-rustler, a con man, / a burglar, and a lookout man, who was about / to produce deeds famous among the immortal gods.” |
Homeric Hymn to Hermes |
