CLA204H5 Chapter 8: CHAPTER 8 - Greek Myth vol. 8
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Only males were smiths and warriors: hephasetus and ares represented both parties, pan: He is the protector of the travelers and those who wonder on the edge of civilization. The stone pile of hermes was turned into a small pillar with a human head, was usually bearded and had an erect phallus this was called a herm. The reason there was an erect phallus was to ward away evil. When the athenians were heading to syracuse in 415 bc, vandals came into the city and mutilated all of the herms. The herms were used to protect the thieves as they walked on the. The herms were also used to protect merchants who traveled to paths as they traveled at night different towns to bring their goods from the market place. The word merchant comes from the latin word merx, which means merchandise. This word merc, is where the name mercury was derived. He is the roman version of hermes.
