Ἑρμῆν

This is what they call a son of Zeus and Maia, i.e. of mind and sense. For reason is engendered from mind and sense. On account of this they also make him winged, because he is swift. For nothing is swifter than reason. And [that is why] Homer [says] "winged words".¹ They create [images of] him as the youngest of all [the gods], because reason does not grow old; but they also make him quadrangular² on account of the firmness of true reason. They also say he was responsible for profit and an overseer of the businesses: consequently they set up the statue of him weighing a purse. Furthermore, the Phoenicians sculpt their gods carrying purses, on the basis that gold was a token of sovereignty; but the Greeks sculpt them bearing arms, on the basis that men are subordinated to weapons.