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"Death, Sleep, and Hermes laying a Body in the Tomb" — Gayley, 1893

Death

"Death, Sleep, and Hermes laying a Body in the Tomb" — Gayley, 1893

Statue of Hermes (Mercury).

Hermes

Statue of Hermes (Mercury).

"Hermes Psychopompos" — Gayley, 1893

Hermes

"Hermes Psychopompos" — Gayley, 1893

"Hermes of Praxiteles" — Gayley, 1893

Hermes

"Hermes of Praxiteles" — Gayley, 1893

"Hermes of Praxiteles" — Morey, 1903

Hermes

"Hermes of Praxiteles" — Morey, 1903

The messenger of the gods in Greek mythology.

Hermes

The messenger of the gods in Greek mythology.

"Hermes kills Argus" — Gayley, 1893

Hermes Argus

"Hermes kills Argus" — Gayley, 1893

"Hermes and Dog" — Gayley, 1893

Hermes Dog

"Hermes and Dog" — Gayley, 1893

"Hermes conducting a Soul to Charon" — Gayley, 1893

Hermes soul

"Hermes conducting a Soul to Charon" — Gayley, 1893

God of trade and profit.

Mercury

God of trade and profit.

"Mercury." —Bulfinch, 1897

Mercury

"Mercury." —Bulfinch, 1897

"Mercury made haste, put his winged slippers on his feet, and cap on his head, took his sleep-producing want, and leaped down from the heavenly towers to the earth." —Bulfinch, 1897

Mercury (Hermes)

"Mercury made haste, put his winged slippers on his feet, and cap on his head, took his sleep-producing…

"Mercury was sent, accompanied by Spring, to demand Persephone of Pluto. The wily monarch consented, but, alas! the maiden had taken a pomegranate which Pluto offered her, and had sucked the sweet pulp from a few of the seeds. This was enough to prevent her complete release, by which she was to pass half the time with her mother, and the rest with her husband Pluto." —Bulfinch, 1897

Pluto, Persephone, and Mercury

"Mercury was sent, accompanied by Spring, to demand Persephone of Pluto. The wily monarch consented,…

Winged sandals.

Winged sandals

Winged sandals.

"Serapis or Hermes is sometimes represented as identical with Osiris, and sometimes as a distinct divinity, the ruler of Tartarus, and god of Medicine." —Bulfinch, 1897

Serapis

"Serapis or Hermes is sometimes represented as identical with Osiris, and sometimes as a distinct divinity,…