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28 sie 2019 · Hermes was honoured just about everywhere in ancient Greece but especially in the Peloponnese at Mt. Cyllene and such city-states as Megalopolis, Corinth and Argos. Athens had one of the oldest cults to the god where the Hermaia festival for young boys was held annually.
17 lip 2024 · Hermes held great significance across ancient Greece, particularly at Mt. Cyllene in the Peloponnese, where his worship originated. One of the oldest cults dedicated to Hermes was located in Athens, celebrated during the Hermaia festival honouring young boys each year.
3 mar 1997 · Hermes, a son of Zeus and Maia, the daughter of Atlas, was born in a cave of Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, 1 whence he is called Atlantiades or Cyllenius; but Philostratus 2 places his birth in Olympus.
Hermes, Athenian red-figure lekythos C5th B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art. HERMES was the Olympian god of herds and flocks, travellers and hospitality, roads and trade, thievery and cunning, heralds and diplomacy, language and writing, athletic contests and gymnasiums, astronomy and astrology.
One of the oldest places of worship for Hermes was Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, where some myths say he was born. Tradition holds that his first temple was built by Lycaon. From there, the Hermes cult would have been taken to Athens, from which it radiated to the whole of Greece. [28]
18 mar 2023 · Hermes was born on Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, Greece, and had a fascinating origin story. According to Greek mythology, the god was born in a cave on Mount Cyllene. He immediately displayed his cunning nature by escaping from his swaddling clothes and running away to Thessaly.
Hermes was the son of the Greek god Zeus and the mountain nymph Maia. Maia gave birth to Hermes in a mountain cave and then fell asleep exhausted. Hermes then snuck away and stole some cattle from the god Apollo.
