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Mercury standing in a niche playing his pipes, with the severed head of an old man and a sword at his feet — Gian Jacopo Caraglio

Hermes, sandstone garden statue, Piešťany, Slovakia — unknown sculptor, c. 1803

Fountain statue of Mercury, Rowntree Park, York, England

Mercury and Argus — Pyotr Ivanovich Sokolov, 1776

Mercury brings the head of Argus to Juno — Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, 1672

Statue of Mercury in a landscape — Charles Meynier

Detail of Statue of Mercury in a landscape — Charles Meynier

Mercury, niche fresco — Cristofano Gherardi (il Doceno), 16th century

Mercury, marble garden statue after Pigalle, Sanssouci Park, Potsdam — Heinrich Berges, 1843

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Orphic Hymn to Hermes

Hear me, Hermes, messenger of Zeus,
son of Maia, heart of the willing mind,
lord of contests, inventor of the lyre,
bringer of messages between immortals and mortals,
whose tongue bears the strong compulsion
that turns the world’s affairs.

Come, blessed one, guide and helper in toil,
master of the profitable trade,
clever in speech, ready to aid the worthy,
dwelling at the ends of the earth and through all the seas —
a gentle, holy power.

— Orphic Hymn 28 (Taylor translation, adapted)