Scull, Sarah Amelia · Philadelphia : Porter & Coates · leaf 169
Pelasgic elemental worship, in whichhe was regarded as an embodiment of the productive-ness of Nature, and to him was assigned special pro-tection of flocks and herds. In this system specialimportance was attached to the influence of this godin his relation to human births. HERMES. 167 It was but… … Hermes, or Mercury. age until it comprehended all systems of human effortwhose end is wealth ; and since Hermes was not sup-posed to possess high moral qualities, his devotees im-plored his aid less in choice of right methods than in l68 GREEK MYTHOLOGY. the success of undertakings. Hermes seems to…
Mythology, Greek · Emblems
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