18+ AimeeMaroux, 7 months ago

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏

For #AllHallows, have a relief of #Hermes in his role as #psychopomp. Hermes guides the souls of the dead to the underworld. Here, he takes the hand of a dead woman named Myrrhine on the way down to Hades.

🏛 Relief on Myrrhine's lekythos, ca 420-410 BCE, National Archaeological Museum, #Athens

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#DayOfHermes #Mythology #GreekMythology #ancientGreece #GreekRomanArt #ReliefWednesday