- Greek god - Greek god of commerce and theft - See Mercury. - Originally, a boundary stone dedicated to Hermes as the god
of boundaries, and therefore bearing in some cases a head, or head and
shoulders, placed upon a quadrangular pillar whose height is that of
the body belonging to the head, sometimes having feet or other parts of
the body sculptured upon it. These figures, though often representing
Hermes, were used for other divinities, and even, in later times, for
portraits of human beings. Called also herma. See Terminal statue,
under Terminal.
- Ancient Greek supreme god - Chief Greek god - Chief Olympian found among trapeze users - Greek god - Jupiter's Greek counterpart - Supreme Greek god - The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world
(cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter.
- Goddess of love - Greek equivalent of Venus - Greek love goddess - The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of
the Romans. - A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous,
golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse. - A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United
States.