HUM 102W Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Homeric Hymns
4 Dec 2018
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The tortoise shell that brought peace among gods. Hermes the god of thieves and trickery establishes his name and honour amongst the gods by means of stealing and tricking his brother apollo, the god of music, poetry, and prophecy the day of his birth. The grand story of hermes" scheme and this reconciliation with apollo afterwards is illustrated in the homeric hymns to hermes (hh 4) through a gift exchange. First of all, once apollo discovers that hermes is the one who stole his cattle, although. Hermes cleverly created confusing tracks by creating sandals and walking the cows backwards, Apollo is outraged as hermes denies all accusations, coming forth to their father, zeus (hh. Hermes skillfully denies the allegations against him once again, using his one day old age to his advantage, but zeus commands both apollo and hermes to look for the cattle together and they both abide.
