Hermes


 

Hermes is the patron god of traders and commerce but also of thieves and rogues. He is credited with great powers of oratory. His job was to be the messenger of the gods, particularly Zeus. He was known to the Romans as Mercury.

This image depicts a statue of Hermes by Giovanni da Bologna from a Greek postage stamp issued in 1901.


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