Mercury Deep Dive
In Rome, the Loves of the Gods staged by the Carraccis on the vault of the Galleria Farnese, in the palace of the same name,...
Hermes
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Ew. Put that away
Hermes Presenting Hera with the Head of Argus Argus Panoptes,Ἄργος Πανόπτης, or Argos was a hundred-eyed giant. The epithet Panoptes, reflects his mythic role, set...
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Thoth Hermes Trismegistus and his Ancient School of Mysteries
Thoth Hermes Trismegistus is portrayed by the Egyptians as the moon god with the body of a man, head of an ibis, and a crescent...
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The Hit on Argos
In this painting Jacques Reattu describes the moment in which Mercury is about to kill Argos, the mythological shepherd, placed by Juno to guard Io,...
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Hermes, Athena and Apollo
Hermes, Athena and Apollo Hermes, just like Athena and Apollo, actively participated in the Trojan War – as told by Homer in the Iliad. Although...
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Hermes Riding Pegasus
Hermes Riding Pegasus After the signing of the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697, and the return of prosperity to France, Louis XIV entrusted his Superintendent...
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Hermes updating Persephone on
Hermes updating Persephone on what’s been happening during the six months she was with Hades. Still of Taika Waititi directing Hela in full goth outfit.
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Psychopomp
In this painting by Michel-Martin Drölling, Hermes leads Eurydice into Hades, under the desperate gaze of Orpheus. Here the messenger of the gods plays the...
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The elevation of Psyche to Olympus by Mercury
Belonging to an established family of artists, unlike his father Karl Josepf devoted to painting, Reinhold Begas turned his attention to sculpture. He soon became...
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Apollo and Hermes
Apollo and Hermes To invent the lyre, Hermes killed a tortoise and scooped the flesh out of its shell. Then, honoring the Pleiades, he stretched...
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Hermes
Hermes Ερμής Mercury the Oratore Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes 528 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C7th to 4th B.C.) “Apollon sware also [to Hermes]...
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Overrated Greek gods
Made by Mason Erickson. Do you agree with the chart? Overrated. It’s not necessarity bad, but too many people like it. Apollo, Hades. Good. It’s...