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Hermes: A God of Many Facets. Hermes: A God of Many Facets The Great Greek Project
5 October 2006 There are many boundaries that one crosses in their lifetime. ...
... Eumenides, for not only Apollo but also Hermes and Athena ... Lending new meaning to
the term ‘god justice’, their ... institution would be apparent to many of the ...
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Hermes: A God of Many Facets
The Great Greek Project
5 October 2006
There are many boundaries that one crosses in their lifetime. Whether it is the boundary between your property and your neighbor’s or the boundary between the living world and the dead world, Hermes was the god of them all. The word boundary was then applied to fit in many other areas, which qualified him as god of those things. Even though he carried out many mischievous actions, he also performed many acts of kindness. All ninth graders should study this glorious Greek god.
Hermes is the son of Zeus and Maia, who was either a nymph or one of the seven Pleiades. He was born in a cave on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia. Hermes did not hesitate to commit his first act of thievery. Soon after he was born, Hermes climbed out of his cradle in the cave and left to steal the cattle of his brother Apollo. As he was exiting the cave, he noticed a tortoise and he killed it. He took the shell and strung it with catgut to make a musical instrument known as the lyre. He stole fifty of Apollo’s cattle, and when he was taking them away, he drove them backward to confuse possible followers. It was also said that he tied brushwood to the cows’ tails to brush away their footprints. Hermes wore sandals himself to obscure the outline of his footprint. He sacrificed two of the heifers he had stolen, and then he returned home to the cave (Cavendish 672-673). When Apollo was notified of this occurrence, he had a strong feeling that it was Hermes. He went to the cave in Mount Cyllene, where Hermes lives, and demanded his cattle back. Hermes claimed that he could not complete such a task because he was only a baby. Apollo took him to Olympus to be judged by Zeus. “Zeus was hugely amused and the heaven rang with laughter,” (Carlyon 173). When Zeus recovered, he forced Hermes to return Apollo’s cattle. After showing his brother the...
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