When brought before his father, Hermes attempted to charm Zeus into letting him go by telling him he was just an innocent new born baby. He even thought of a clever way to cover up his crime: tying bundles of grass to the cows' feet and leading them backward out of the pasture to make it look like something had been led into the pasture, but not away from it.ĭespite this, Apollo found out and went to Zeus for justice. He matured rapidly and within a few minutes of his birth stole the cattle of Apollo and invented the lyre. Hermes was born sometime after the first Titan War to Zeus and a goddess named Maia. He was the son of Zeus and the Pleiades Maia, a daughter of the mighty Titan Atlas. His symbols include the tortoise, the rooster, the winged hat, the caduceus and his winged sandals. Another of his duties was to take Dreams from the God Morpheus and deliver them to the mortals. He also acted as the messenger of Hades, guiding departed souls to their final resting place and carrying messages between the Underworld and Olympus. As an Olympian god, his sphere of influence was vast he was the patron of boundaries (and the travelers who cross them), shepherds and cowherds, thieves and liars (and their cunning), orators and wit, literature and poets, athletics and sports, weights and measures, invention, general commerce, profit and good luck. In Greek mythology, Hermes is the messenger of the gods and additionally, a guide to the Underworld.

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