It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
"My own opinion is that #Hermes gave #Amphion these gifts, both the [magical] lyre and the headband, because he was overcome by love for him.
And the chlamys he wears, perhaps that also came from Hermes; for its colour does not remain the same but changes and takes on all the hues of the rainbow."
Philostratus the Elder, Imagines 1.10
It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
A man was chopping wood by a river when he dropped his axe into the water. #Hermes took pity on him and presented a golden axe, then a silver axe, asking each time whether it was his. The man said no. Then Hermes showed him the lost axe and when he recognized it, Hermes gifted him all of the axes.
Aesop, Fables 474
When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—what he gets instead is a tenacious current lead with a very familiar, very kissable face.
It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
#OTD, 15 May, it's the #Mercuralia, a Roman festival in honour of Mercurius in his function as god of commerce. This year it coincides with the birthday of Apollon. #Hermes and #Apollon are half-brothers and love each other dearly:
"And Hermes loved the son of Leto continually, even as he does now."
Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes
It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
"At once he fastened under his feet the immortal sandals of lovely gold that carried him, swift as airy breezes, over ocean and over boundless earth. The strong Radiant One began his flight; over Pieria he passed, then form the upper air dipped down to the sea and sped on over the waves like the seagull."
Homer, Odyssey
🏛 #Hermes engraved on a gold ring, 4th century BCE
It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏
#MerMay is upon us and I'm starting out with a vase painting of #Hermes with the sea goddess Thetis, leader of the fifty daughters of Nereus & mother of Achilles. In the scene shown, she might be on her way to Olympos, summoned by Zeus to persuade #Achilles to return Hektor's body.
🏛 Hermes following #Thetis in her chariot, Terracotta lekythos ca 500 BCE