Hermes

thumb|The Norse religion|Norse god [[Odin or Wōden, in an 18th century Icelandic manuscript, after whom Wednesday is named]]

Roman god of trade, merchants, thieves and travel

thumb|upright|Modern depiction of the caduceus as the symbol of logistics thumb|upright| carrying a winged caduceus upright in his left hand. A Roman copy after a Greek original of the 5th century BCE (Museo Pio-Clementino, [[Rome)]]

type of sculpture with a head and often a torso above a plain lower section, often with male genitals

thumb|Engraving from an Abraxas stone.

Hermopolis (or Hermopolis Magna) was a major city in antiquity, located near the boundary between Lower and Upper Egypt. Its Egyptian name Khemenu derives from the eight deities (the Ogdoad) said to reside in the city. right|thumb|upright|Black siltstone [[obelisk of King Nectanebo II (r. 358 to 340 BCE). According to the vertical inscriptions he set up this obelisk at the doorway of the sanctuary of Thoth Thrice-Great, Lord of Hermopolis. It is now on display in the British Museum, London.]] A provincial capital since the Old Kingdom of Egypt, Hermopolis developed into a major city of Roman E

thumb|Hermes wearing a petasos. Coinage of Kapsa, Macedon, c. 400 BC

thumb|Hermanubis marble statue, 1st–2nd century AD (Vatican Museums)

thumb|right|1st century AD relief from Palmyra depicting, from left to right, Aglibol, [[Baalshamin, and Malakbel]] Malakbel (Palmyrene Aramaic 𐡬𐡫𐡪𐡡𐡫 ) was a sun god worshipped in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, frequently associated and worshipped with the moon god Aglibol as a party of a trinity involving the sky god Baalshamin.

thumb|right|150px|A 19th-century engraving of talaria.

opera by Michael Tippett

poem by Keats

Greek symbol of Hermes erroneously used as a symbol of healing

male given name