Mercury

Painting of 1570 by Diego Velazquez entitled "Mercury and Argos." Click on image for full size (140K JPEG) Image courtesy of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

Mercury was the messenger-god of Jupiter, and was the god of games, of business, and of story telling. He was the offspring of the god Jupiter and Maia. Maia herself was one of the Pleiades who were the daughters of the titan Atlas. Mercury was identified with the Greek god Hermes.

Painting of 1570 by Diego Velazquez entitled "Mercury and Argos." Click on image for full size (140K JPEG) Image courtesy of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

Mercury was the messenger-god of Jupiter, and was the god of games, of business, and of story telling. He was the offspring of the god Jupiter and Maia. Maia herself was and one of the Pleiades, daughters of the titan Atlas. Mercury was identified with the Greek god Hermes.

Painting of 1570 by Diego Velazquez entitled "Mercury and Argos." Click on image for full size (140K JPEG) Image courtesy of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain.

Mercury was the god of eloquence, games of chance, commerce, and story telling, and was the messenger-god of Jupiter. He was the offspring of Jupiter and Jupiter's mistress Maia, who in turn was the daughter of the titan Atlas and one of the Pleiades. Mercury was identified with the Greek god Hermes.