Ἑρμῆς, Ἑρμεία_ς , gen.
Ἑρμαία_ο and Ἑρμείω, dat. Ἑρμῇ and
Ἑρμέα?, acc. Ἑρμῆν and Ἑρμεία_ν, voc.
Ἑρμεία_: Hermes
(Mercurius), son of Zeus and Maia, Od.
14.435; messenger of the gods, guide of mortals (of Priam,
Il. 24.457), and conductor of the
shades of the dead; his winged sandals and magic wand, Od. 5.44 ff. Epithets, ἀκάκητα, ἐριούνιος, ἐύσκοπος, σῶκος, χρυ_σόρραπις,
διάκτορος, Ἀργεϊφόντης.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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