Hermes was the Olympian god of herds, trade, heralds, athletes and thieves. This page contains stories of Hermes from the sagas of the gods including his slaying of the hundred-eyed giant Argos Panoptes, his role in the War of the Giants, flight from the
"Hermes [as god of contests] has appropriately pitted them [two men in battle] against each other. For the man is hostile to the man he faces in battle, and the gods on their shields [Zeus and Typhon] also meet as enemies."