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Pictures of HermesIn these pictures of Hermes, you'll see the god was represented as a young and athletic man. His attributes were the winged cap, the winged sandals and the caduceus, a rod with two intertwined serpents. Sometimes he appears with his Roman name, Mercury. For the story of the Greek god Hermes, click here.  Hermes, Roman copy of a Greek original of the 4th century BC by Praxiteles, 1st century Giclee Print Buy at AllPosters.com 
Hermes Unknown Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com 
Mercury Giambologna Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com  Hermes, Found During the Underwater Excavations at Mahdia, c.100 BC Giclee Print Buy at AllPosters.com  Head of Hermes Wearing a Pilos, from the Temple of Portonaccio, Veii, 510-500 BC Giclee Print , Etruscan Buy at AllPosters.com 
Greek red-figure cup, depicting the god Hermes (pottery) Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com
As you know, Aphrodite and Hermes had a love affair from which there was a son, to whom they have given both their names: Hermaphroditus. Here are some pictures of Hermes and Aphrodite with Cupid (who is a symbol for their love). 
Aphrodite and Hermes riding on a chariot pulled by Eros and Psyche, 470 BC (terracotta) Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com 
Venus, Mercury and Amor Boucher, Francois Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com 
Venus with Mercury and Cupid ('The School of Love'), c.1525 Correggio Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com Hermes is said to have accompanied Eurydice back to Hades, after Orpheus failed to bring her back to the world of the living.  Orpheus, Eurydice and Hermes Giclee Print Buy at AllPosters.com Hermes has brought Pandora to the humans, as a gift form the gods. However, in the following painting, he is represented as carrying only Pandora's box.  The Mysterious Box is Brought to Epimethus by Hermes Giclee Print Wilson, Patten Buy at AllPosters.com 
Mercury Offering The Cup Of Immortality To Psyche Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com 
Mercury Solomon, Simeon Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com After the winged horse Pegasus went to Mount Olympus, he was ridden by the god Hermes/Mercury. 
Mercury on Pegasus ('Le Cheval de Marly') 1701-02 (marble) Coysevox, Antoine Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com Remember how Hermes/Mercury stole the cattle from his brother, Apollo? The god of light and order was furious, but when he heard the sweet sounds of the instruments invented by Hermes, he agreed to leave him the stolen goods, in exchange of the lyre and the pan-pipe. 
Landscape with Mercury and Apollo as a Shepherd, 1673 (pen and brown tint, grey indian ink wash) Claude Lorrain Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com Do you think that only women had the vanity of being represented as goddesses? No way! Men were not immune to this, either. 
Marcellus as Mercury, variously identified as Germanicus, Caesar and Octavian, c.23 BC (marble) Cleomenes Buy this Giclee Print at AllPosters.com For more pictures of Hermes during the judgement of Paris, please click here. For pictures of Hermes under his Roman name, Mercury, please click here. |
