GRST 209 Lecture 9: GRST 209 - 29 Jan Fri

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 209
• Professor: Bryan Natali

Document Summary

Known as hermes psychopompus because he guided souls to the underworld. God of travel, commerce, boundaries, theft and trickery, messenger of gods. Worshipped as herm at crossroads and even doorways (herms were placed strategically around the places to scare off the evil) Hoofs and legs of a goat with human features. The god"s name is likely from an indo-european root meaning. The inspiration for later representations of the devil (keeps seducing other gods sexually) Represents the lower class of society, gets no respect, represented as dirty. Lame smith god highly skilled and ingenious (his legs were broken, looked weird) Born from hera alone (she was mad because athena was born by zeus himself) Born from zeus and hera (hephaestus was the most hated offspring of hera) Zeus threw him off for taking hera"s side in an argument. He was in a fair with aphrodite.