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Hermes' main role is as a messenger but he has many other functions as well. He is also known as Mercury (Roman) and Argeiphontes (Slayer of Argos). His attributes in iconography include the kerykeion (messenger's staff), winged boots, and petassos (cap).

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Texts

Birth

• Apollodorus 3.10.2

• Pausanias 8.16.1

• Pausanias 8.36.10

• Hesiod: Theogony 938

Domain

• Pausanias 2.3.4

• Hesiod: Theogony 440

• Homeric Hymn 4
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• Homeric Hymn 18

Sexual Encounters and Offspring

• ? -> Abderus: Apollodorus 2.5.8

• Apemosyne: Apollodorus 3.2.1

• Herse -> Cephalus: Apollodorus 3.14.3

• Penelope -> Pan: Apollodorus e.7.38

• Dryops' Daughter -> Pan: Homeric Hymn 19.1

Other Encounters

• Aloads: Apollodorus 1.7.4

• Amphion: Apollodorus 3.5.5, Pausanias 9.5.8

• Apollo: Pausanias 7.20.3, Pausanias 5.7.10, Homer: Odyssey 8.320

• Argus: Apollodorus 2.1.3

• Atreus: Apollodorus e.2.12

• Calypso: Homer: Odyssey 5.25, Homer: Odyssey 5.50, Homer: Odyssey 5.92, Homer: Odyssey 5.145

• Daughters of Danaus: Apollodorus 2.2.1

• Deucalion: Apollodorus 1.7.2

• Dionysos: Apollodorus 3.4.3

• Giants: Apollodorus 1.6.2

• Helen: Apollodorus e.3.5

• Heracles: Apollodorus 2.4.11, Apollodorus 2.6.1, Apollodorus 2.6.3

• Lyre: Pausanias 2.19.7, Pausanias 8.17.5

• Odysseus (Ulysses): Apollodorus e.7.16

• Pandora: Hesiod: Works and Days 65

• Paris (Alexander): Apollodorus e.3.2, Pausanias 5.19.5

• Persephone: Homeric Hymn 2.292, Homeric Hymn 2.347

• Perseus: Apollodorus 2.4.3

• Priam: Homer: Iliad 24.330, Homer: Iliad 24.339, Homer: Iliad 24.372, Homer: Iliad 24.405, Homer: Iliad 24.440, Homer: Iliad 24.677

• Protesilaus: Apollodorus e.3.30

• Ram: Apollodorus 1.9.1

Also see Hermes images.

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