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Hermes

Hermes Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Hermes?
[n] (Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury
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1. (Myth.) See {Mercury}.
Note: Hermes Trismegistus [Gr. 'Ermh^s trisme`gistos, lit.,
Hermes thrice greatest] was a late name of Hermes,
especially as identified with the Egyptian god Thoth.
He was the fabled inventor of astrology and alchemy.
2. (Arch[ae]ology) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to
Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in
some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a
quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body
belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other
parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures,
though often representing Hermes, were used for other
divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of
human beings. Called also {herma}. See {Terminal statue},
under {Terminal}.
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