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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
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"Hear me, Hermes, messenger of Zeus, son of Maia.
Almighty is your heart, O lord of the deceased and judge of contests.
Gentle and clever, O Argeiphontes, you a…

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
Please, glorious Hermes, keep me safe on my travels today and far, far away from the gates of Hades! 💙
"Hermes is the minister of Zeus and leads the souls of the departed down to Hades."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.32.4
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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
"Without you mortals hold no banquet . . . and you, Argeiphontes [Hermes] . . . be favourable and help us, you and Hestia, the worshipful and dear. Come and dwell in this glorious house in friendship together."
Homeric Hymn 29 to Hestia
🏛️ Greek mixing bowl (kalyx krater) depicting a sacrifice to Hermes, …

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
"It is said that after death, the tutelary god (daimon) of each person, to whom he had been allotted in life, leads him to a place where the dead are gathered together [i.e. Hermes]; then they are judged and depart to the other world with the guide."
Plato, Phaedo 107c
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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
"They say he [Hermes] was responsible for profit and an overseer of the businesses: consequently they set up the statue of him weighing a purse."
Suidas s.v. Hermes
🏛️ Hermes bronze figurine
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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
"When Mercurius first made the lyre on Mount Cyllene . . . Apollo took the lyre, and is said to have taught Orpheus on it, and after he himself had invented the cithara, he gave the lyre to Orpheus."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2.7
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It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
Please, glorious Hermes, be my guide today! 💙
"Finerod Hermes departed, fanning his light wings, and the flat of his extended shoes oared him as quick as the winds of heaven in their course."
Nonnus, Dionysiaca 3.373
🏛️ Hermes fresco, House of the Ancient Hunt,

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
"O Hermes, lord of games (enagônios), son of Maia and Zeus!"
Aeschylus, Fragment 212
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