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A young man, wearing travelling clothes, a flat hat known as "petasus" and winged sandals on his feet. Oftentimes he was also considered to have wings attached to his shoulders and hat. Hermes usually held a winged staff with snakes wrapped around it in his hands in order to gain access everywhere.

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Hermes leeding a chariot Hermes, the guide of dead souls to the Underworld, brings a dead woman to the river Styx, where the ugly ferryman Charon waits to take her to the other side.

Hermes, the Gods' Messenger and God of Trade


Title: Hermes leeding a chariot
God Hermes, the messenger, leading a four-horse chariot
Type: Pottery
Time period: 430 BC

Location: National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Country: Greece




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