who was HERMES?

Answer 1

Hermes was one of the 12 Olympians to live on Mt. Olympus. He was a Messenger of the gods and protector of sheperds. According to myth, he was supposed to be a nymth with an intelligent and troublemakikng personality. He assisted Perseus in killing Medusa.

Answer 2

Hermes, in Greek mythology, is the olympian God of boundaries and travellers who cross them. As a translator, Hermes is the messenger from the gods to humans. An interpreter who bridges the boundaries with strangers is a hermeneus. Hermes gives us our word "hermeneutics" for the art of interpreting hidden meaning. In Greek a lucky find was a hermaion.

Answer 3

Hermes was the messenger of the Gods and, as already been pointed out, linked with the Roman God Mercury.

As a personal insight, it is easy for me to imagine why Hermes / Mercury got his title as the gods' messenger. If you have ever seen the planet Mercury rise ahead of the Sun before dawn, it ascends the sky at a tremendous rate. It is easy to imagine that it is rushing from Zeus, the Sun, on some urgent errand.

Answer 4

Hermes, in Greek mythology, messenger of the gods, the son of the god Zeus and of Maia, the daughter of the Titan Atlas. As the special servant and courier of Zeus, Hermes had winged sandals and a winged hat and bore a golden Caduceus, or magic wand, entwined with snakes and surmounted by wings. He conducted the souls of the dead to the underworld and was believed to possess magical powers over sleep and dreams. Hermes was also the god of commerce, and the protector of traders and herds. As the deity of athletes, he protected gymnasiums and stadiums and was believed to be responsible for both good luck and wealth. Despite his virtuous characteristics, Hermes was also a dangerous foe, a trickster, and a thief. In one version of a characteristic tale, on the day of his birth he stole the cattle of his brother, the sun god Apollo, obscuring their trail by making the herd walk backward. When confronted by Apollo, Hermes denied the theft. The brothers were finally reconciled when Hermes gave Apollo his newly invented lyre. Hermes was represented in early Greek art as a mature, bearded man; in classical art he became an athletic youth, nude and beardless.

Answer 5

Hermes in Greek Mythology is the messenger of the gods.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Hermes, the herald of the Olympian gods, is the son of Zeus and the nymph Maia, daughter of Atlas and one of the Pleiades. Hermes is the god of shepherds, land travel, merchants, weights and measures, oratory, literature, athletics and thieves, and known for his cunning and shrewdness. Most importantly, he is the messenger of the gods. Besides that he was also a minor patron of poetry. He was worshiped throughout Greece

Answer 8

Hermes is a Greek God

Answer 9

[According to Hesiod] "Hermes was the son of Zeus and Maia. He presided over commerce, wrestling, and other gymnastic exercises, even over thieving, and everything, in short, which required skill and dexterity. He was the messenger of Zeus, and wore a winged cap and winged shoes. He bore in his hand a rod entwined with two serpents, called the caduceus.
Hermes is said to have invented the lyre. He found, one day, a tortoise, of which he took the shell, made holes in the opposite edges of it, and drew cords of linen through them, and the instrument was complete. The cords were nine, in honor of the nine Muses. Hermes gave the lyre to Apollo, and received from him in exchange the caduceus."

Answer 10

Hermes was a greek god.
He was the messanger of Greek god's and goddesses .
His symbol was a pointy almost like wizard hat with wings coming out from either side.