AimeeMaroux, 10 months ago to antiquidons

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

Baby #Dionysos sitting on the lap of his big brother #Hermes is given to the #satyr Tropheus and the nymphs of Nysa. Also in the scene are Anatrophe (“upbringing”), as well as Ambrosia and Nektar (food and drink of the gods).

🏛️ #Mosaic, House of Aion, Nea Paphos, #Cyprus

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AimeeMaroux, 10 months ago to antiquidons

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

This delightful figure of the #Roman god Mercurius is holding a purse & has a winged feet and a winged helmet. He protected the pay of Roman soldiers, so this figure may have belonged to a soldier.

🏛️ Bronze Mercurius, Barnhill, Perth, Scotland

via @TrimontiumTrust
https://twitter.com/TrimontiumTrust/status/1675065708948987904

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AimeeMaroux, 10 months ago to antiquidons

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

Meet this youthful #Hermes with long hair and his kerykeion staff in hand between two sphinxes.

🏛️ Attic black-figure olpe (jug) made in Athens about 600-580 BCE. Found at Nola, Campania, Southern Italy. Toda in the British Museum.

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AimeeMaroux, 10 months ago to histodons

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

"They say he [#Hermes] was responsible for #profit and an overseer of the businesses: consequently they set up the statue of him weighing a purse."
#Suidas, Byzantine Greek lexicon, 10th century CE

🏛️ Hermes, Archaeological Museum of Nikopolis, Greece

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