Tatlock, Jessie M., 1878-1961 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 129
Hermes and Hestia 97 agile, vigorous frame. He wears his winged san- dals, often a traveler’s hat or a winged cap ; other- wise he is usually nude. In his hand he carries his caduceus, or herald’s staff, winged at the top, with two serpents twined about it. He most fully expresses the character of… … Fig. 25. Hermes from Olympia. pie, as a French writer (Collignon) says, “ the inventive genius, the alert intelligence, the physical vigor, developed and made supple by the training of the palestra.” The worship of Hermes under the name of Mercury. Mercury was introduced into Rome at a time when…
Mythology, Classical
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