Herodotus' Histories

Hermes

Role: god · First appears: Book 2 · §144–149

Life events

  • Pan was born to Penelope and Hermes.(Book 2 · §144–149)
    • With: Pan Penelope
    • “and that Pan who was born of Penelope, for of her and of Hermes Pan is said by the Hellenes to have been born, came into being later than the wars of Troy, about eight hundred years before my time.”
  • Pan came into being after the wars of Troy.(Book 2 · §144–149)
    • With: Pan Penelope
    • “and that Pan who was born of Penelope, for of her and of Hermes Pan is said by the Hellenes to have been born, came into being later than the wars of Troy”
  • The Hellenes said Pan was born of Penelope and Hermes.(Book 2 · §144–149)
    • With: Pan Penelope
    • “for of her and of Hermes Pan is said by the Hellenes to have been born”

Book 2 · §144–149

  • child: Pan (Hermes is Pan's parent according to the Hellenes.) “and that Pan who was born of Penelope, for of her and of Hermes Pan is said by the Hellenes to have been born, came into being later than the wars of Troy,”

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