![]() (To be fair, that is true of most of his liaisons: he wants to avoid Hera’s jealousy!) There is deceit involved even in his conception: Maia lives in a shaded cave, out of notice, and Zeus lies with her secretly. Hymn 18 encapsulates the key features of Hermes’ birth. Homeric Hymn (18) to Hermes 3–9, adapted from translation by Hugh Evelyn-White Ever she avoided the throng of the blessed gods and lived in a shadowy cave, and there the Son of Kronos used to lie with the rich-tressed nymph at dead of night, while white-armed Hera lay bound in sweet sleep: and it escaped the notice of deathless gods and mortal men. …He was born of Maia, the daughter of Atlas, when she had mated with Zeus- modest/respected. ![]() ![]() ![]() I read with great interest and enjoyment the recent posts by Jacqui Donlon “ Divine Doppelgänger: Hermes and Odysseus” and by Bill Moulton: “ The Divine Doublet: Odysseus and Hermes“, and became intrigued to learn more about Hermes as deceiver, as portrayed in the Homeric Hymns.Īlthough the longer hymn is number 4, there is another, much shorter, hymn dedicated to Hermes, number 18. ![]()
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