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.

Hermes Propylaios → sharesAttributesWith → Hermes ⓘ
Hermes Propylaios → associatedWithOtherEpithetOfHermes → Hermes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hermes Enodios
Hermes Propylaios → associatedWithOtherEpithetOfHermes → Hermes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hermes Agoraeus
Children of Hermes → hasFather → Hermes ⓘ
Chione → hasLover → Hermes ⓘ
Chione → isLovedBy → Hermes ⓘ
Chione → associatedWithDeity → Hermes ⓘ
Chione → hasFather → Hermes ⓘ
subject surface form: Autolycus
Ziria → associatedDeity → Hermes ⓘ
Hermopolis → associatedDeity → Hermes ⓘ
chariot race of Pelops and Oenomaus → associatedWith → Hermes ⓘ
Autolychus → parent → Hermes ⓘ
Autolychus → grandsonOf → Hermes ⓘ
Autolychus → associatedWith → Hermes ⓘ
Argus → killedBy → Hermes ⓘ
Argus → associatedWith → Hermes ⓘ
Peace → character → Hermes ⓘ
this entity surface form: the god Hermes
Greco-Roman paganism → hasDeity → Hermes ⓘ
Mount Ziria → associatedWithDeity → Hermes ⓘ
Nysa → associatedDeity → Hermes ⓘ
wedding of Peleus and Thetis → hasAttendee → Hermes ⓘ
Lycaonians → worshipped → Hermes ⓘ
Δίας → έχειΠαιδί → Hermes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ερμής
Children of the Pleiades → hasMember → Hermes ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maia’s son Hermes
Hadestown → featuresCharacter → Hermes ⓘ
Berkeley Hermes Roberts → middleName → Hermes ⓘ
Ermoupoli → namedAfter → Hermes ⓘ
Pellene → hasSanctuaryOf → Hermes ⓘ
story of Baucis and Philemon → featuresDeities → Hermes ⓘ
Mercury → equivalentInGreekMythology → Hermes ⓘ