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          HERMES MYTHS 1

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          Greek Name

          Ἑρμης

          Transliteration

          Hermês

          HERMES was the Olympian god of herds, trade, heralds, athletes and thieves.

          This page contains stories of the god's birth and childhood, including his invention of the lyre and the theft of the cattle of the god Apollon.
          The other myth pages cover stories about the adult god, his role as the agent of Zeus, his loves, wrath and favour.

          Hermes powers

        1. Hermes powers
        2. What did hermes invent
        3. Hermes and apollo story
        4. What is hermes the god of
        5. Hermes story summary

          6. (See the Hermes pages index for details.)

          CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

          BIRTH OF HERMES

          I. SON OF ZEUS & MAIA

          Hesiod, Theogony 938 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or 7th B.C.) :
          "And Maia, the daughter of Atlas, bare to Zeus glorious (kydimos) Hermes, the herald of the deathless gods (keryx athanaton), for she went up into his holy bed."

          Hesiod, Astronomy Frag 1 (from Scholiast on Pindar's Nemean Ode 2.

          16) :
          "I