If you were nearly 2,000 years old, you’d need a little work, too. The nearly 8-foot-tall, two-ton statue of Hermes – aka Mercury, messenger of the gods, son of Zeus – that has graced the arcaded ...

Mercury - known as Hermes to the ancient Greeks - was the Roman god of commerce and communication - and often served as a mediator between the gods and mortals. (Image: Nicholas Demetriades / Pixabay) ...

I’ve written before about the sculpture on the facade of the old B&O Railroad building at 2 N. Charles St., and how it reminds me of my favorite passage in the “Odyssey,” where the bard Demodocus ...

Mercury - known as Hermes to the ancient Greeks - was the Roman god of commerce and communication - and often served as a mediator between the gods and mortals. (Image: Nicholas Demetriades / Pixabay) ...

Both Hermes and Mercury wielded a staff called The Caduceus, which features two coiled snakes and wings and is often used as a symbol of medicine, especially in the United States. Mercury - known as ...

In many ways, Quetzalcoatl/Kukulkan was their Hermes/Mercury/Thoth and was credited as being the inventor of the calendar and books - and was associated with commerce, as the protector of goldsmiths ...