Hermes English/Greek Mythology Hermes the messenger of gods; this is the title given to one of the most fascinating gods in Greek mythology. Hermes (also called Mercury) is a god that is a big symbol for many things today. This Greek god is one out of a variety of the characters in stories that have changed the way we look at Greek Myth. One night in Olympia, Zeus, the greatest god of all, went …showed first 75 words of 542 total…

…showed last 75 words of 542 total…deal in art and in pottery. Hermes performed many great things in Greek Literature that people like Homer and Apollonius wrote about. He may have tricked some people or cheated in some instances, but he is still a very interesting character. I look at Hermes as one of the "good gods" and as a god that wanted peace. Hermes was all of this because people loved him and wanted to write good things about him.