1、海尔墨斯immediately after he was born，hermes was appointedgodof thieves at olympus．and a thief he became whenhe was barely a few hours old．feeling hungry，theinfant left his cradle after nightfall to hunt for food．hechanced uponapollo''s oxen grazing on a meadow
2、anddrove a number ofthese animals away，tying treebranches around the feet of thecattle to make theirfootsteps dim．he killed two of these oxenand had amagnificent dinner．then he slipped back into hislittlebed in his mother''s house．when apollo came toquestion
3、 himhermes pretended to be innocent．theangry sungod draggedhim up to olympus，where he was accused of the stealing andmade to returnthe cattle to their master．in reconciliation little hermes gave apollo the lyre he had made out of atortoise shell，and apollo w
4、as so pleased with the gift that he presented his little brother with amagic stick．the stick could pacify hostileforces．in due time hermes was appointed messenger of zeus andthe gods．the gods equipped him with apair of winged sandalsand winged cap to enable
5、him to travel swifter than sight．it was hermes whotook the messages of zeus to the world below．hermes was a patron of travellers．his busts and statueswere set up as dividing marks atcrossroads or street corners toguide passersby．the hermes，as these statues w
6、ere called，wereregarded as sacred，and their mutilation was sacrilegiousand punishable by death．the destructionof the numerous hermes within the city of athens caused a terrible excitement amongits citizensthat it might be no exaggeration to state that itchan
7、ged the whole course of historic developmentof athens ．海尔墨斯海尔墨斯一生下来就被任命为奥林波斯山的贼神。他出生后几个小时的时候就做了贼。黄昏时分，他感到饥饿，于是还是婴孩的海尔墨斯离开了他的摇篮去找食物吃。他碰巧看见阿波罗的牛在草地里吃草，于是他偷走了许多牛，并将树枝绑在牛脚上，让脚印变得模糊不清。他杀了其中两头牛，美餐了一顿。然后悄然地回到他妈妈的房里，爬上床。当阿波罗发现牛少了，来质问他时，海尔墨斯佯作不知。愤怒不已的太阳神把他拖到奥林波斯山上，告他
