Editing Hermes (section)

===Hellenistic Greek sources===
[[File:Cameo Ptolemaic prince Bab111 CdM Paris.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Sardonyx]] [[Cameo (carving)|cameo]] of a [[Ptolemaic Kingdom|Ptolemaic prince]] as Hermes, [[Cabinet des médailles]], Paris]]

One of the Orphic Hymns Khthonios is dedicated to Hermes, indicating that he was also a god of the underworld. Aeschylus had called him by this epithet several times.<ref>''Orphic Hymn 57 to Chthonian Hermes Aeschylus''. Libation Bearers. Cited in ''Guide of the Dead''. The Theoi Project: Greek Mythology.</ref> Another is the Orphic Hymn to Hermes, where his association with the athletic games held is mystic in tone.<ref>''Orphic Hymn 28 to Hermes''. Quoted in ''God of Contests, Athletics, Gymnasiums, The Games''. The Theoi Project: Greek Mythology.</ref>

[[Phlegon of Tralles]] said Hermes was invoked to ward off ghosts,<ref>Phlegon of Tralles. ''Book of Marvels'', 2.1. Quoted in ''[http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/HermesGod.html#GuideDead Guide of the Dead] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628223133/http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/HermesGod.html#GuideDead |date=28 June 2011 }}''. The Theoi Project: Greek Mythology.</ref> and Apollodorus reports several events involving Hermes. According to Apollodorus, Hermes participated in the [[Gigantomachy]] in defense of Olympus;<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.6.2 1.6.2].</ref> was given the task of bringing baby [[Dionysus]] to be cared for by Ino and Athamas and later took him to be cared for by the [[Nysa (mythology)|Nysan]] nymphs, later called the [[Hyades (mythology)|Hyades]];<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:3.4.3 3.4.3]{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref> aided [[Perseus]] in fetching the head of the [[Gorgon]] [[Medusa]],<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg002.perseus-eng1:2.4.2 2.4.2].</ref> favored the young Heracles by giving him a sword when he finished his education;<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:2.4.12 2.4.12].</ref> and lead [[Hera]], [[Athena]] and [[Aphrodite]] to [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] to be judged by him in a beauty contest;<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg002.perseus-eng1:e.3.2 E.3.2]{{Dead link|date=July 2024|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}.</ref>

[[Anyte of Tegea]] of the 3rd century BC,<ref>{{cite book|last=Yao|first=Steven G.|author-link=Steven G. Yao|title=Translation and the Languages of Modernism: Gender, Politics, Language|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vXtmlxi7nCwC&pg=PA89|year=2002|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-312-29519-6|page=89}}</ref> in the translation by [[Richard Aldington]], wrote, I Hermes stand here at the crossroads by the wind beaten orchard, near the hoary grey coast; and I keep a resting place for weary men. And the cool stainless spring gushes out.<ref>{{cite book|last=Benstock|first=Shari|author-link=Shari Benstock|title=Women of the Left Bank: Paris, 1900-1940|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nZIQXE7bZfsC&pg=PA323|year=2010|publisher=University of Texas Press|isbn=978-0-292-78298-3|page=323}}</ref>