Description: Hermes agoraios and the Charites, relief of the Passage of Theori, from the agora of Thasos. Thasian marble with traces of polychromy on Hermes' shoes and bronze ornaments (Hermes' caduceus, fibulae), ca. 480 BC. Inscription: "To the Charites one may not sacrifice goat nor pig". Location: Louvre, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities (MA 696C) Photographer: Jastrow (2005)

Hermes / Mercury Gallery


Mythology Images

All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License