It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

A relief of #Hermes from #PtolemaicEgypt. The god is holding his kerykeion staff in his right hand and his invention, the tortoise shell lyre, in his left. He is nude except for the hat and what looks like a chlamys cloak.
120–30 BCE, found in Abuqir, Egypt

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

#Maia, daughter of Atlas who holds up the sky and the Okeanid Pleione, is the oldest of the seven Pleiades. She was born on Mount Kyllene in Arkadia, where she also gave birth to her son #Hermes after Zeus secretly made love to her in a cave in the dead of night.

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

#Hermes never married but Nonnos of Panopolis pairs him up with Peitho, the Goddess of Persuasion in the retinue of Aphrodite:

"If quickshoe Hermes has made merry bridal with you, if he has forgotten his own Peitho [his wife]."
Nonnos of Panopolis, Dionysiaca 8.220

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

#Hermes is following #Thetis in her chariot in the painting on this terracotta lekythos (oil flask), dated ca 500 BCE.
The scene may reflect a passage in book 24 of the #Iliad (lines 95-96) where Thetis is summoned to Mount Olympos and ordered by Zeus to convince her son Achilles to return the body of Hektor to Priamos.

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

Meet #Hermes of the Ludovisi type, a 1st century CE Roman marble copy of a 5th century BCE Greek original, found in Anzio near Rome. Hermes is shown here in his role as Hermes Psychopompos, the Guide of Souls. He wears his traveller's hat on his head & holds his herald's staff in the arm draped in his cloak.

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

To celebrate #ChineseNewYear, the #YearOfTheRabbit, which is Hermes' sacred animal, I want to show y'all this vase painting of #Apollon and #Hermes gifting a rabbit to the Thracian goddess #Bendis.
Hermes is standing behind his older brother in his traveller's clothes, holding his signature kerykeion staff.

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

Meet one of the most renowned #fresco paintings in the House of the Vettii, #Pompeii: the punishment of #Ixion. This is a close-up of #Mercurius who has attached Ixion to the burning wheel. A very beautiful detail of his golden caduceus staff can be seen as well as his traveller's hat around his neck.

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

Marble sculpture of #Hermes-#Mercurius wearing a short traveller's cloak (chlamys) and his signature winged traveller's hat (petasos) on a head of short, curly hair. We can see his iconic herald's staff (kerykeion) on his left side.

🎨 Nick Thompson on Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pelegrino/6926041504/in/photostream/

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

#Hermes and a #satyr on their way home from the #NewYearsParty 😉
Perhaps it is one of his three sons known as the Satyroi Hermeides, #satyrs who became the messengers of Dionysos.
Athenian red-figure vase painting, dated ca. 525-475 BCE, today in Berlin Antikensammlung F2160

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

#Hermes making fun of his lil bro #Dionysos for getting married, then being deserted by his bachelor brother #Apollon when he falls for Hyakinthos 🥰
Such a cute comic by @catscratchesart@tumblr.com!

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https://catscratchesart.tumblr.com/post/700943043861381120/two-for-one-deal-for-hermes-today-he-started-out

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

Happy Saturnalia! #Hermes-Mercurius is on the way to deliver some presents to you 😘

🎨 "Hermes gives to mankind" from D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

Happy Saturnalia! #Hermes-Mercurius is on the way to deliver some presents to you 😘

🎨 "Hermes gives to mankind" from D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths

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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

Meet your friendly neighbourhood psychopomp as designed by @MedusasPeach@tumblr.com. What a lovely artwork of #Hermes 🥰
If you like it, you can get a print here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1327414805/the-psychopomp-hermes-art-print-greek

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https://www.tumblr.com/medusaspeach/698306729970106368/hermes-your-local-psychopomp?source=share

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

Meet your friendly neighbourhood psychopomp as designed by @MedusasPeach@tumblr.com. What a lovely artwork of #Hermes 🥰
If you like it, you can get a print here:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1327414805/the-psychopomp-hermes-art-print-greek

#DayOfHermes

https://www.tumblr.com/medusaspeach/698306729970106368/hermes-your-local-psychopomp?source=share

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

Meet your friendly neighbourhood #psychopomp as designed by @MedusasPeach@twitter.com. What a lovely artwork of #Hermes 🥰

#DayOfHermes #indieArtist #mythology #GreekMythology @mythology

https://twitter.com/MedusasPeach/status/1582708294623596544

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

Meet your friendly neighbourhood #psychopomp as designed by @MedusasPeach@twitter.com. What a lovely artwork of #Hermes 🥰

#DayOfHermes #indieArtist #mythology #GreekMythology @mythology

https://twitter.com/MedusasPeach/status/1582708294623596544

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

Meet #Hermes as designed by @SanioArt@twitter.com! His icononic winged hat and winged sandals as well as his herald's staff with the two snakes make him unmistakable. And is that a money purse hanging from his belt?

#DayOfHermes #GreekMythology #indieArtist #indieArt #mythology

https://twitter.com/SanioArt/status/1595048603709759488

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

Meet #Hermes as designed by @SanioArt@twitter.com! His icononic winged hat and winged sandals as well as his herald's staff with the two snakes make him unmistakable. And is that a money purse hanging from his belt?

#DayOfHermes #GreekMythology #indieArtist #indieArt #mythology

https://twitter.com/SanioArt/status/1595048603709759488

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

#Hermes, Argos, Io and the Danaids. The god is wearing his iconic winged traveller's hat and winged boots and he is holding his kerykeion, the herald's staff.

#DayOfHermes #GreekMythology #ancientGreek #mythology

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!

#Hermes, Argos, Io and the Danaids. The god is wearing his iconic winged traveller's hat and winged boots and he is holding his kerykeion, the herald's staff.

#DayOfHermes #GreekMythology #ancientGreek #mythology