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  Worldvisitguide > Places > Metropolitan Museum... > Greek Antiquities > Greek art at the Sixth... > Bronze herm
Bronze herm
Artist : Anonyme

Relationship with : Hermès

Date : near 490 B.C.

Material : Bronze
Acquisition : Lent by Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan P. Rosen (1993)
Fin de la p?riode archa?que
Item 28 on 36
Greek Antiquities
Sculpture (Herm?s)

Vitrine : V04

Area related
Greece


Description   

The herm is a type of monument that takes its name from Hermes, the messenger god, who was also the protector of travelers, communities and houses, entrance and exits, as well as flocks. Herms were typically set up along thoroughfares and boundaries, at gates, ans also at tombs.
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L'Hymne à Hermès
La naissance d'Hermès est racontée dans "L'Hymne à Hermès" datant de l'époque homérique. Zeus fréquentait assidûment la Nymphe Maia, fille d'Atlas et de Pleioné, dans une grotte du mont Cyllène, tandis qu'Héra était endormie.
Prométhée enchaîné
Le texte d'Eschyle est traduit par Leconte de Lisle

 
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