Hermes
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Hermes is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology considered the herald of the gods. He is also widely considered the protector of human heralds, travelers, thieves, merchants, and o
Hermes Ingenui (Vatican Museums), Roman copy of the second century BC after a Greek original of the 5th century BC. Hermes has a kerykeion (caduceus), kithara, petasos (round hat) and a traveler's cloak.
Archaic bearded Hermes from a herm, early 5th century BC
Hermes's winged sandals are evident in this Getty Villa copy of a Roman bronze recovered from the Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum, Naples
Statue of Hermes wearing the petasos and a voyager's cloak, and carrying the caduceus and a purse; Roman copy after a Greek original (Vatican Museums)
Maia
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In ancient Greek mythology, Maia, also spelled Maie, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of the messenger god Hermes by Zeus.
Hermes
…conductor of souls into the afterlife. In myth, Hermes functions as the emissary and messenger of the gods, and is often presented as the son of Zeus and Maia, the Pleiad. He is regarded as "the divine trickster", about which the Homeric Hymn to Hermes offers the most well-known account. Hermes's attributes…
Hermes and Maia, detail from an Attic red-figure amphora (c. 500 BC)
Mercury and Maia inside a silver cup dedicated by the freedman P. Aelius Eutychus (late 2nd century AD), from a Gallo-Roman religious site