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I need to find a modern day allusion from advertising, pop culture or literature about Hermes, God of Travelers

2007-01-14 09:12:24 · 4 answers · asked by .:**:. 1 in Society & Culture Mythology & Folklore

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Hermes: in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of boundaries and of the travelers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures and invention and commerce in general, and of the cunning of thieves and liars.

Hermes has been a symbol of Greece's postal system since 1861. See Postage stamps and postal history of Greece.
Many bus services in the Netherlands are called Hermes, following his duty as a messenger.
Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) use Hermes (whom they call "Mercury Man") as a company symbol.
Goodyear uses a logo of a winged sandal, a symbol of Hermes.
Many medical organisations use a symbol of a short rod entwined by two snakes and topped by a pair of wings, which is actually the caduceus or magic wand of the Greek god Hermes (Roman Mercury), messenger of the gods, inventor of (magical) incantations, conductor of the dead and protector of merchants and thieves. It is derived from the Greek karykeion = "herald's staff", itself based on the word "eruko" meaning restrain, control.

2007-01-14 09:23:11 · answer #1 · answered by dedum 6 · 1 0

Goodyear. The golden sandal is his winged sandal.

Also, FTD. The guy with the hat and the sandals is Hermes.

The caduceus (two snakes and a staff) of medicine or veterinary medicine is Hermes's staff.

Also, isn't that guy on Futurama named Hermes?

2007-01-14 09:18:45 · answer #2 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 1 0

Hermes also huge-spread as mercury is the messenger god of mount olympis. he's the shopper god of communicators of all sorts to boot as thieves. His cadeusis is used to symbolise the clinical occupation so its achieveable that hes also the shopper god of healers.

2016-10-31 02:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

http://www.hermes.co.uk/real_estate/real_estate_commercial.htm
not sure if this is what you want......all I could find.

2007-01-14 09:35:06 · answer #4 · answered by angel 6 · 0 0

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