NASA continues to name its most important space missions after ancient Greek gods, but what is the connection between space ...

In many visual depictions, Hermes carries the caduceus staff. In some myths, it was a gift from Apollo, exchanged for a lyre made from a turtle shell. In others, it commemorates an incident in ...

Son of Zeus and Maia, Hermes was the trickster of the pantheon. In one myth, he stole fellow god Apollo’s cattle, consequently becoming the protector of thieves, shepherds, cattle, and merchants.