GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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 GREEK      MYTHOLOGY

In this segment we are featuring a god or goddess from Greek mythology. The god we’re featuring this month is..

Hermes!

Facts about Hermes

  •   He was the messenger of

the gods.

  • Symbols are his staff, or 

sandals

  • He is one of the 12 olympians

  •  Most mischievous god

  • Son of Zeus and Maia

  • God of land and literature

  • Also god of husbandry

  • Roman name is Mercury

  • Had 2 children with Aphrodite

  • Considered a great inventor

  • Hermes loved Aphrodite

  • Married to Peitho

  • Hermes is the 4th olympian





A Myth About Hermes

Being the son of Zeus and Maia, Hermes was not born an ordinary child and would soon earn quite a reputation among the Gods. Still a newly born infant, Hermes crawled out of his cradle while his mother still lay asleep. As he ventured out of the cave, Hermes came across a turtle waddling by and chewing on the thick grass in front of the dwelling. This was the fortunate event for the great inventor that would be Hermes. The mischievous child picked up the creature with both hands and carried his lovely “toy” into the house. Then turning her over he scooped out the marrow from her mountain shell. Knowing exactly what he was doing, he cut stalks of reed to measure, fitted them through the shell, and fastened their ends across the back. Finally tightening the piece with cowhide and fixing a yoke, he stretched across seven sheep-gut strings and completed his first invention, the musical Lyre. Some myths say that he then went on to compose his first song, a hymn in celebration of his own birth.

Visit: Hermes - Greek Mythology. For more information about Hermes. 

The 12 olympians.

  1. Zeus: The king of the gods, God of the sky

  2. Hera: Wife of Zeus, Goddess of marriage

  3. Demeter: Mother of Persephone: Goddess of harvest

  4. Poseidon: Zeus’s brother, God of the sea

  5. Hades: Zeus’s brother, God of  the underworld

  6. Aphrodite: Goddess of love and beauty.

  7. Athena: Favorite child of Zeus, Goddess of wisdom, and strategy

  8. Apollo: Twin to Artemis, God of music

  9. Hermes: Messenger of the gods

  10. Hephestus: Hera’s son, God of forge, and fire

  11. Ares: Bloodshed, God of war, and tears

  12. Dionysus: The party, the god of wine, and celebration 

Wow Words: Artemis or Dionysus could both be the 12th olympian. But Dionysus is involved in more myths.That’s why we picked him.

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