Editing Hermes (section)

===Festivals===
Hermes's feast was the [[Hermaea (festival)|Hermaia]], which was celebrated with sacrifices to the god and with athletics and gymnastics, possibly having been established in the 6th century BC, but no documentation on the festival before the 4th century BC survives. However, Plato said that Socrates attended a Hermaea. Of all the festivals involving Greek games, these were the most like [[initiation]]s because participation in them was restricted to young boys and excluded adults.<ref>Scanlon, Thomas Francis. [https://books.google.com/books?id=nHoX3hY6WFsC&q=Eros+and+Greek+athletics Eros and Greek athletics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429233504/https://books.google.com/books?id=nHoX3hY6WFsC&q=Eros+and+Greek+athletics |date=29 April 2023 }}. Oxford University Press, 2002. pp. 92–93.</ref>

In Boeotia there was a fest at [[Tanagra]], and two temples. The first of Hermes ''kriophoros'' (ram-bearer) who was related to the festival and the second of Hermes ''promachos'' (champion)<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.22.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 Pausanias 9.22.1]</ref> At [[Coroneia]] there was a sunctuary of Hermes ''epimelios''(keeper of the flocks)  <ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.34.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 Pausanias 9.34.3]</ref> and at [[Corseia]] a grove with a statue of Hermes.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+9.24.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 Pausanias 9.24.5]</ref> In Attica Hermes was worshiped together with other gods, especially with the nymphs. Inscriptions from the islands indicate that there were festivals of Hermes at [[Chios]] and [[Crete]], where he had the epithet ''dromios'' (of the race-course).<ref name="Nilsson, Vol.I, p.502">Nilsson, Vol.I, p.502</ref> In [[Corinth]] he had a temple and two bronze statues<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+2.2.8&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 Pausanias 2.2.8]</ref> and at [[Pherai]] an oracular shrine and a spring of Hermes ''agoraios'' (of the market)<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+7.22.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 Pausanias 7.22.2]</ref> Hermes was specially worshiped at [[Pheneus|Pheneos]] where he had a temple and the games "Hermaia" were celebrated.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160%3Abook%3D8%3Achapter%3D14%3Asection%3D10 Pausanias 8.14.10]</ref>

At [[Pellene]] there was an statue of Hermes ''dolios'' and an old established race.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+7.27.1&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 Pausanias 7.27.1]</ref> At [[Cyllene (Elis)|Kyllene]] the statue of Hermes was a phallos.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+6.26.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 Pausanias 6.26.5]</ref> Near [[Tegea]] there was the temple of Hermes, [[Aepytus]]. At [[Megalopolis]] there was a temple of Hermes Akakesios, and a second near a stadium for athletic games.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.47.4&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160 Pausanias 8.47.4]</ref> The myth of the birth of Hermes is related to the mountain [[Mount Kyllini|Kyllene]] near Pheneos and the god had the surname ''Kyllenios''. [[Pindar]] refers to games of Hermes at Kyllene that seem to be similar to the games of Pheneos.<ref name="Nilsson, Vol.I, p.502"/>