Associations to the word «Hermes»

Pictures for the word «Hermes»

Wiktionary

HERMES, proper noun. (Greek god) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
HERMES, proper noun. (astronomy) The planet Mercury when observed as an evening star.

Dictionary definition

HERMES, noun. (Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods; god of commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified with Roman Mercury.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin