ε3051Ἑρμῶν Ἑρμοὶ
of hermai, of hermae, of herms
There were Herms, of stone, in the city of Athens, in the entryways and in the shrines: they say that because Hermes is guardian of reason and truth, for this reason they gave to the statues a rectangular or cubic form,…
Ἑρμῶν. Ἑρμοὶ ἦσαν ἐν τῇ Ἀθηναίων πόλει λίθινοι ἐν προθύροις καὶ ἱεροῖς· ἐπειδή φασι τὸν Ἑρμῆν λόγου καὶ ἀληθείας ἔφορον εἶναι, διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τὰς εἰκόνας αὐτοῦ τετραγώνους καὶ…