CLAS104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Hermaphroditus, Homeric Hymns, Salmacis
8 Apr 2016
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Statue of hermes wearing the petasus (round hat), a voyager"s cloak, the caduceus and a purse: attributes: traveller"s cap (petasus), herald"s wand (caduceus), winged boots(talaria) Embodied with crossing boundaries: concerns, divine messenger: as such he helps heroes; cf. Deity named iris is also a messenger of the gods. Hermes is much more common, messenger of zeus. 2. thieves, tricksters, merchants: he is a trickster god, par excellence; he gave pandora the character of a thief. Leader of the souls, gathers them and marches them down to hades: god of boundaries, messenger of zeus (between heaven and earth, psychopompos (between life and death, herms (boundary markers) Protect your house or ields to keep any evil of (pillars) Note: he is not oten violent (but note argeiphontes ) Always using his cleverness and trickery to get things done. Meets hera on the batle ields of troy, he tells her, yeah you can tell people that you beat me up.
