Found 2 items, similar to hermes.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Hermes
Hermes
n : (Greek mythology) messenger and herald of the gods; god of
commerce and cunning and invention and theft; identified
with Roman Mercury
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hermes
Hermes
\Her"mes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.]
1. (Myth.) See
Mercury.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Hermes Trismegistus [Gr. 'Ermh^s trisme`gistos, lit.,
Hermes thrice greatest] was a late name of Hermes,
especially as identified with the Egyptian god Thoth.
He was the fabled inventor of astrology and alchemy.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Arch[ae]ology) Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to
Hermes as the god of boundaries, and therefore bearing in
some cases a head, or head and shoulders, placed upon a
quadrangular pillar whose height is that of the body
belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other
parts of the body sculptured upon it. These figures,
though often representing Hermes, were used for other
divinities, and even, in later times, for portraits of
human beings. Called also
herma. See
Terminal statue,
under
Terminal.