Hermes

By J.S.

Hermes was one of the twelve Olympian Greek gods.  He was god of many different things, including mischief and being the messenger god, he was even god of fertility.  Unlike most of Hermes’ roles he was god of mischief, it showed on the day he was born when he got into trouble with Apollo.  The day Hermes was born he snuck out of his crib and stole Apollo’s cattle.  Then he brought them back to his cave and hid them from Apollo.  One of the strange things about Hermes is even though he was god of mischief the only time he did something mischievous was the day that he was born and from then on he seemed to have learned his lesson.  A bigger role of Hermes was being the messenger of the gods because he could fly.  Hermes had special winged sandals and a winged hat that Zeus gave him. He mainly delivered messages for Zeus because Zeus was the king god of the ancient Greeks.  Unlike being the messenger god, Hermes was god of fertility and cared for sheep and goats.  Even though Hermes was god of all sheep and goats, he especially helped the people of Arcadia, which was a region in southern Greece.  Hermes also had a son named Pan who Hermes trained be a god of fertility.  Pan was part goat and was believed to have horns and hooves.  Hermes had Pan with an Arcadian women and Hermes ended up raising him so he could help with managing the sheep and goats of Arcadia.  Overall, Hermes was a very significant god of the ancient Greeks and was very powerful.