View source for Hermes

{{Infobox deity
| type = Greek
| name = Hermes
| image = Hermes Ingenui Pio-Clementino Inv544.jpg
| alt =
| caption = ''Hermes Ingenui'' ([[Vatican Museums]]), Roman copy of the 2nd century BC after a Greek original of the 5th century BC. 
| god_of = Messenger of the gods, god of winter, trade, thieves, travelers, sports, athletes, cunning, wit, sleep, magic, border crossings, [[Psychopomp|guide to the Underworld]]
| abode = [[Mount Olympus]]
| symbol =[[Talaria]], [[caduceus]], [[tortoise]], [[lyre]], [[rooster]], [[Petasos]] ([[Winged helmet]])
| consort = [[Merope (Pleiades)|Merope]], [[Aphrodite]], [[Dryope]], [[Peitho]]
| parents = [[Zeus]] and [[Maia (mythology)|Maia]]
| siblings = [[Aeacus]], [[Angelos (Greek mythology)|Angelos]], [[Aphrodite]], [[Apollo]], [[Ares]], [[Artemis]], [[Athena]], [[Dionysus]], [[Eileithyia]], [[Enyo]], [[Eris (mythology)|Eris]], [[Ersa]], [[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]], [[Helen of Troy]], [[Hephaestus]], [[Heracles]], [[Minos]], [[Pandia]], [[Persephone]], [[Perseus]], [[Rhadamanthus]], the [[Graces]], the [[Horae]], the [[Litae]], the [[Muse]]s, the [[Moirai]]
| children = [[Pan (god)|Pan]], [[Hermaphroditus]], [[Abderus]], [[Autolycus]], [[Eudorus]], [[Angelia]], [[Myrtilus]] 
| mount =
| Roman_equivalent = [[Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]]
}}
[[File:Caduceus.svg|thumb|left|100px|The caduceus of Hermes]]

'''Hermes''' is the ''messenger of the gods''. He is the god of [[winter]], [[travel]]lers and [[shepherd]]s in [[Greek mythology]]. He is one of the [[Twelve Olympians]], and is often shown with his caduceus. 

Hermes is the son of [[Zeus]] and [[Maia]]. He was born on [[Mount Cyllene]]. The story of his birth was told in the [[Homeric Hymns|Homeric Hymn]], which means ''Hymn to Hermes''. It said that [[Maia]] was a [[nymph]].

Hermes was very clever and on his first day invented the [[lyre]], by using the [[Animal shell|shell]] of a [[tortoise]]. He carries a golden sword. One of the myths about Hermes is that he once stole his brother's oxen, and burned them as a sacrifice.

== Children ==
* [[Tyche (mythology)|Tyche]] was a daughter with [[Aphrodite]].
* [[Hermaphroditus]] was a son with Aphrodite.

==Related pages==
* [[Hermeticism]]
* [[Turms]] - [[Etruscan mythology]] version of Hermes
* [[Mercury (god)|Mercury]] - [[Roman mythology]] version of Hermes

==Other websites==
{{commonscat-inline|Hermes}}

{{Twelve Olympians}}


{{Europe-stub}}

[[Category:Twelve Olympians]]