Olympic Pantheon

Hermes

Roman Name:   Mercury

Other Names and Epithets:    Soul-conductor (Psychopompos); Argeiphontes = Slayer of Argos (see note on Homeric Hymn to Hermes 73)

Responsibilities:    Messenger of the gods; conductor of souls to Hades after death; protector of travellers and athletes; also of thieves; commerce; flocks; lyre

Attributes:    Traveller’s cap (petasos); winged sandals; caduceus (magic staff)

Sacred Site(s):    Kyllene; Pieria

Animal:   Tortoise

Also see Hermes.