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​Hermes was a Greek god of commerce,son of Zeus and Maia.Quick acting and cunning,he was able to move swiftly between the world of man and the world of gods,acting as a messenger of the gods and the link between mortals and the olympians.
He was the protector of the travelers,  thieves, and athletes. He accasionally tricked the other gods for his own amusement or an effort to protect humans. With the ability to move freely between world, he also served as a guide of the souls of the dead to the under world and the under life.When Hermes was born, he jumped out of his crib, and stole apollos cattle and went back to his crib playing innisint however apollo figured it out, grabbed Hermes and went to Zeus to complain. The father of gods simply laughed and didn't punish Hermes.To applgise, Hermes gave apollo the lyre which he had just invented.Hermes has appered in many other myths, in the oddesy odysseus  was instructed by the god to chew a magic herb which would be able to avoid  Circe's powers and not be transformed to animals like his companions. Hermes is also called Murcury and Ermis. I think they will make it home, because Menelaus is telling Tele









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