Hermes was the father of the goat-legged god Pan by the nymphe Penelopeia. He also had many mortal offspring. <<More>>Below are two graphics depicting Hermes' family tree, the first with names transliterated from the Greek and the second with the common English spellings:-ENCYCLOPEDIA...
Origin and Family of Hermes, the Greek Messenger God Hermes was one of the many children of Zeus. Zeus laid with a woman named Maia, and together they had Hermes. Maia was born of a Titan father and an ocean nymph mother. Their children were all daughters, seven in total, and their ...
Hermes, Greek god, son of Zeus and the Pleiad Maia; often identified with the Roman Mercury. Hermes was associated with the protection of cattle and sheep. In the Odyssey, however, he appears mainly as the messenger of the gods and the conductor of the d
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(4) Hermes Family Favour: Daphnis GOD OF ANIMAL FABLES Hermes-Mercury as Wednesday, Greco-Roman mosaic from Orbe C3rd A.D., Roman Villa of Orbe-Boscéaz Philostratus, Life of Apollonius of Tyana 5. 15 (trans. Conybeare) (Greek biography C1st to 2nd A.D.) : ...
The Family of Hermes According to Greek legends and myths the family of Hermes were as follows: Father: Zeus Mother: Maia He had no Brothers or sisters Wife: Dryope Famous Son: Pan Hermes and Mount Olympus In Greek Mythology the principle Greek gods, that included Hermes, were referred to ...
Hermes is the name of a god in Greek mythology. When the Romans adopted aspects of the Ancient Greek belief system, Hermes's was renamed,Mercury. Family Zeus and Maia are the parents of Hermes. All the children of Zeus are his siblings, but Hermes has a special younger-brotherly relationsh...
HERMES FAMILY FAVOUR : AETHALIDESLOCALE : Alope, Phthiotis (Northern Greece)Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 641 ff (trans. Rieu) (Greek epic C3rd B.C.) : "From the ship the chiefs [of the Argonauts] had sent Aithalides the swift herald, to whose care they entrusted their messages ...
PENELOPEIA (Penelope) An nymph of Arkadia (in southern Greece) who bore to Hermes the god Pan (or one of the Panes named Nomios).RHENE A nymph of the island of Samothrake (Greek Aegean) who bore a son Saon to Hermes. [see Family]...
Part 2: Hermes God of Part 3: Hermes Family Part 4: Hermes Myths 1 General Part 4: Hermes Myths 2 General Part 4: Hermes Myths 3 Agent of Zeus Part 4: Hermes Myths 4 Loves Part 4: Hermes Myths 5 Wrath Agraulus Agrius & Oreius Battus Chelone Eumelos & Agron Hierax The...