HERMES

Brice Buky, period 3

 HERMES INFORMATION!!
HERMES IS THE MESSENGER OF THE GODS. HE IS ALSO THE GUIDE FOR THE DEAD
LEADING TO THE UNDERWOLD, GOD OF SHEPARDS, LAND TRAVEL, ATHLETICS,
THEIVES, AND LITERATURE.

THE DAY HERMES WAS BORN HE WENT TO APOLLOS CATTLE AND TOOK 50 COWS! HE
HID THE TRACKS CLEVERLY SO HE WOULDN’T FIND OUT IT WAS HIM AND APOLLO
WOULD BE BAFFLED…BUT UNFORTUNATELY ONE OF APOLLOS PEOPLE SAW HERMES
TAKE THE COWS AND TOLD APOLLO. APOLLO WAS VERY ANGRY…ZEUS WAS
IMPRESSED. HE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS QUITE CLEVER. BUT THEN APOLLO THOUGHT
THAT HERMES SHOULD BE PUNISHED AND ZEUS MADE HIM GIVE THE COWS BACK.
THEN APOLLO COUNTED AND ONLY COUNTED 48…TWO HAD BEEN SACRIFICED.
APOLLO WAS FILLED WITH ANGER. HE WAS VERY ANGRY STILL BELIEVING THAT
HERMES SHOULD BE PUNISHED. HERMES HAD ALSO MADE THE LYRE THE DAY HE WAS
BORN, HERMES PLAYED THE LYRE AND IT CALMED APOLLO DOWN TREMENDOUSLY. HE
LOVED IT. HE ASKED FOR THE LYRE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE 2 COWS…HERMES
ACCEPTED AND HIM AND HIS BROTHER APOLLO BECAME BEST FRIENDS.
 Family
– ZEUS------MAIA= HERMES
Tree!
– CHILDREN----MANY------PHERESPONDOS, LYKOS, PRONOMOS, PRIAPOS, SOSE, NOMIOS,
PAN, PALAISTRA, OREIADES, HERMAPHRODITOS, ELEUSIS, ANGELIA, AND MANY MORE MORTAL
CHILDREN. THE ONES I NAMED WERE NOT HIS MORTAL CHILDREN.

– WIVES:
• APHRODITE
• APEMOSYNE
• BRIMO
• DAEIRA
• HERSE
• IPHTHIME
• KARMENTIS
• KHIONI
• KROKOS
• NYMPHAI OREAIDES
• PEITHO
• PENELOPEIA
• PERSEPHONE
• TANAGRA
• POLYMELE
 QUICK FACTS.
• ANGELIA IS THE GODDESS OF MESSAGES.
• ELEUSIS IS THE GOD OF ELEUSINIAN MESSAGES. HIS MOTHER IS DAEIRA.
• HERMAPHRODITOS IS THE SON OF HERMES AND HE CAN TRANSFORM INTO BEING
HALF MALE/ HALF FEMALE.
• PALAISTRA IS THE GODDESS OF WRESTLING.
• PAN IS THE GOAT-FOOTED GOD OF SHEPHEARDS. HIS MOTHER IS PENELOPEIA.
• AGREUS AND NOMIOS ARE GOAT-FOOTED PANES.
• PRIAPOS IS THE GOD OF FERTILITY.
• HE ALSO HAS MANY MORE CHILDREN. 24 MORE.
• HE IS AN OLYMPIAN GOD.
• HE HELPED ODYSSEUS ALONG HIS JOURNEY.
• HE HAS MANY BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
• HERMES MOTHER IS A NYMPH.
 WORKS CITED.

• Aaron J. Atsma. theoi.com, n.d. Theoi Project 2000 - 2008 New

Zealand. Web. 26 Apr. 2010.
http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/HermesFamily.html#Divine
• Carter, Philips. Hermes. The world book encyclopedia.
Chicago: World book Inc., 1996. Print.
• D’Aulaire, Ingr. Hermes. Book of greek myths. New York:
Doubleday dell publishing group Inc., 1902. Print.
• n.p.wikipedia.com, n.d. wikimedia foundation, Inc. Web. 26
Apr. 2010 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes