Hermes

E9357
Greek god Olympian god mythological character

Hermes is the fleet-footed Greek god of trade, travel, and communication, who serves as messenger of the Olympian gods and guide of souls to the underworld.

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All labels observed (17)

Label Occurrences
Hermes canonical 113
Ερμής 2
Greek Hermes (by later interpreters) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (79)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek god ⓘ
Olympian god ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ
appearsInWork Homeric Hymns ⓘ
Homer's Iliad ⓘ
surface form: Homer’s Iliad

Homer's Odyssey ⓘ
surface form: Homer’s Odyssey

Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ
surface form: Theogony by Hesiod
associatedConcept commerce ⓘ
cunning ⓘ
eloquence ⓘ
speed ⓘ
trickery ⓘ
associatedDeity Apollo ⓘ
Hades ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
associatedRegion Arcadia ⓘ
associatedWith Thoth ⓘ
surface form: Hermes Trismegistus

Hermeticism ⓘ
surface form: Hermetic literature

Hermeticism ⓘ
birthplace Mount Cyllene ⓘ
children Autolycus ⓘ
Hermaphroditus ⓘ
Myrtilus ⓘ
Pan ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
domain athletic contests ⓘ
boundaries ⓘ
communication ⓘ
herds and flocks ⓘ
luck ⓘ
messages ⓘ
thieves ⓘ
trade ⓘ
travel ⓘ
egyptianSyncretism Thoth ⓘ
epithet Argeiphontes ⓘ
Soter ⓘ
surface form: Enodios

Kriophoros ⓘ
Logios ⓘ
Psychopompos ⓘ
father Zeus ⓘ
greekName Ἑρμῆς ⓘ
lover Aphrodite ⓘ
Dryope ⓘ
Penelope ⓘ
surface form: Penelopeia
mother Maia ⓘ
norseEquivalent Odin ⓘ
notableMyth guiding Persephone back from Hades ⓘ
invention of the lyre ⓘ
messenger in the Iliad ⓘ
theft of Apollo’s cattle ⓘ
pantheon Twelve Olympians ⓘ
surface form: Olympian gods
parents Maia ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
role guide of souls to the underworld ⓘ
herald of the Olympians ⓘ
messenger of the gods ⓘ
patron of orators ⓘ
patron of tricksters ⓘ
protector of merchants ⓘ
protector of shepherds ⓘ
protector of travelers ⓘ
psychopomp ⓘ
romanEquivalent Mercury ⓘ
sacredAnimal ram ⓘ
rooster ⓘ
tortoise ⓘ
sacredNumber four ⓘ
sacredObject herm ⓘ
symbol caduceus ⓘ
herald’s staff ⓘ
petasos ⓘ
ram ⓘ
rooster ⓘ
tortoise ⓘ
winged sandals ⓘ
worshipCultCenter Arcadia ⓘ
Athens ⓘ
Olympia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (130)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greco-Roman mythology → hasDeity → Hermes ⓘ
judgment of Paris → featuresCharacter → Hermes ⓘ
subject surface form: Judgment of Paris
Andreas Hermes → familyName → Hermes ⓘ
Olympian gods → member → Hermes ⓘ
Προμηθεὺς Δεσμώτης → character → Hermes ⓘ
Trojan War → hasParticipant → Hermes ⓘ
Greek mythology → hasDeity → Hermes ⓘ
House of Hades → hasPsychopomp → Hermes ⓘ
Cerberus → subduedBy → Hermes ⓘ
abduction of Persephone → hasDeity → Hermes ⓘ
Omphale → purchasedHeraclesFrom → Hermes ⓘ
Myth of Pandora → featuresCharacter → Hermes ⓘ
Hades’s helm of invisibility → usedBy → Hermes ⓘ
Anticlea → granddaughterOf → Hermes ⓘ
Anticlea → grandfatherIs → Hermes ⓘ
Penelope (nymph) → spouseOrLover → Hermes ⓘ
Orphic Hymns → includesHymnTo → Hermes ⓘ
Zeus and Hera → parent → Hermes ⓘ
subject surface form: Zeus
Priapus → parent → Hermes ⓘ
Hymn to Aphrodite → featuresDeity → Hermes ⓘ
rescuing Andromeda → involvesDeity → Hermes ⓘ
subject surface form: Rescuing Andromeda
harpe sword → associatedWithDeity → Hermes ⓘ
harpe sword → grantedByDeity → Hermes ⓘ
winged sandals of Hermes → wornBy → Hermes ⓘ
winged sandals of Hermes → associatedWith → Hermes ⓘ
winged sandals of Hermes → usedBy → Hermes ⓘ
winged sandals of Hermes → relatedTo → Hermes ⓘ
this entity surface form: petasos of Hermes
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice → hasCharacter → Hermes ⓘ
HMS Hermes → namedAfter → Hermes ⓘ
HMS Hermes → namedAfter → Hermes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greek god Hermes
Tanagra → hadSanctuaryOf → Hermes ⓘ
Enodia → associatedDeity → Hermes ⓘ
Asterope → notableRelative → Hermes ⓘ
Pleiades and Hyades myth cycle → associatedWith → Hermes ⓘ
Pan (Greek god) → parent → Hermes ⓘ
subject surface form: Pan
Atreus → associatedWithDeity → Hermes ⓘ
Golden Fleece → associatedWith → Hermes ⓘ
Nabu → equatedWith → Hermes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greek Hermes (by later interpreters)
Arcadians → worshippedDeity → Hermes ⓘ
Πανδώρα → giftFrom → Hermes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ερμής
Praxiteles → depictedDeity → Hermes ⓘ
Pearl and Hermes Atoll → namedAfter → Hermes ⓘ
Hermes Pan → hasGivenName → Hermes ⓘ
Κυλλήνη → associatedWithDeity → Hermes ⓘ
Κυλλήνη → traditionalBirthplaceOf → Hermes ⓘ
Κυλλήνη → hasSanctuaryOf → Hermes ⓘ
Hermes Propylaios → hasEpithetMeaning → Hermes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hermes Before-the-Gate
Hermes Propylaios → nameInGreek → Hermes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ἑρμῆς Προπύλαιος
Hermes Propylaios → honorsDeity → Hermes ⓘ
Hermes Propylaios → isAspectOf → Hermes ⓘ