| 词汇 | hermes |
| 词源 | Hermes. The Greek god of good luck and wealth, Hermes was also the god of merchants and thieves, a god of fertility, god of the roads, and god of sleep and dreams. When an infant he is said to have invented the lyre, climbing out of his cradle, killing a tortoise and making the instrument from its shell before re- turning to his bed. |
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