Hermes
by CTCWeb Editors
Associated Items and Beings
A god or goddess alone is inadequately defined since the people, beings, animals and things associate with a god or goddess say a lot about them. Through visual aids and texts, students can learn about the whole god or goddess by the items, people, beings, animals and things that accompany them or that are used in the exploits. Below are citations for selected vases, coins, sculpture and text that demonstrate and explain the people, beings, animals and things associated with Hermes. Each representative citation has been selected for its image clarity and description.
Athena
Munich 1426.
Worcester 1966.63.
Louvre G 1.
Parthenon West Pediment.
Homer, Odyssey 11.621.
Aeschylus, Eumenides, et al.
Apollodorus 2.4.2.
Apollodorus 2.4.11.
Theseus
London B471.
Herakles
Worcester 1966.63.
Homer, Odyssey 11.621.
Apollodorus 2.4.11.
Dionysos
Athens, Agora I 7154.
Flocks
Pausanias 9.22.1.
Pausanias 9.34.3.
Apollodorus 3.10.2.
Homer Iliad 14.490.
Homeric Hymn 18: To Hermes, line 2.
Ram
Louvre G 185.
Pausanias 2.3.4.
Pausanias 4.33.4.
Pausanias 5.27.8.
Pausanias 9.22.1.
Wand
Harvard 1960.347.
Harvard 1977.216.2244.
London 1971.11-1.1.
London B 471.
Apollodorus 1.6.2.
Homer Odyssey 24.1.
Homeric Hymn 2: To Demeter, line 335. Homeric Hymn 29: To Hestia, line 14.
Helmet of Hades
Apollodorus 1.6.2.
Euripides, Andromache lines 276.
Homer Iliad 5.844
Hesiod Shield of Herakles 226.
Sandals
Harvard 1960.347.
Harvard 1977.216.2244.
London 1971.11-1.1.
London B 471.
Homer Iliad 24.339.
Lyre
Apollodorus 3.55.1.
Apollodorus 3.10.2.
Homeric Hymn 4: To Hermes, et al.
