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| Flower Festival dedicated to Dionysys, also served to worship Hermes. Took place in the Spring. |
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| Hermes Wand, shcih marks him as inviolable as a messenger, is a staff with two snakes around it. Currently used as medical symbol. |
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| Mountainous region of Arcadia, believed to be birthplace of Hermes. Herm erected there. |
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| A statue with erect phallus which some scholars believed replaced Hermes's Hills, found at gates/ doors of cities, suggest connectionto fertility. |
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| Hill of rocks or stones found at the sides of roads, belief that Hermes made roads safe for travelers who honored him with these hills of stones. May have been replaced with Herms. |
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| First born of Cronus and Rhea. Goddess of the Hearth has no temples but is considered to partake of all sacrifice associated with fire/cooking. |
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Mutilation of the Herms
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| Athens 415 BCE. Phalluses were hacked off |
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| The son of Hermes and penelopeia who is part man and part goat. He is also represented frequently as ithyphallic. Word "panic" comes from his name as he can cause panic to shepherds who tend their flocks far from home he also protects the lands he roams. |
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