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@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social
2026-03-17 13:39:24
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This week's #MythologyMonday theme is stones and gems. In #GreekMythology, Hermes turned a woman into stone for cock-blocking him:
Hermes spotted the Athenian maiden Herse on his way home and without disguise came to her house. Herse's sister, Aglauros, asked him who he w…

Red-figure vase painting of Hermes with a woman, possibly Herse. The god is depicted as a mature, bearded man, wearing a traveller's cloak (chlamys) and a traveller's hat (petasos). His iconic kerykeion staff identifies him as Hermes. He seems to hold the woman's hand and reach for her shoulder.