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“For she was born at sea, …”
- Pericles [III, 3] #ShakespeareSunday
[The Birth of Venus by Nicolas Poussin 1635/36.]

O, sir, you are deceived.

- Measure for Measure #ShakespeareSunday

[Hermes and Argus, by Velázquez (1659): Zeus sends Hermes to kill the giant Argus and recover his mortal lover Io. Hermes lulls Argus to sleep with pipe music before slaying him.]

Then fiery expedition be my wing,
Jove's Mercury, and herald for a king!

- Richard III #ShakespeareSunday

[Mercury (Hermes), Olympian god of boundaries and travellers, and herald and messenger of Zeus. Ceiling painting (detail: Mercury), City Palace, Potsdam by van Loo 1751]

So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart;
- Midsummer Night's Dream #ShakespeareSunday

[Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, C. Bertling 1897: beautiful son of Hermes & Aphrodite, w/ whom a naiad fell in love and prayed to be united forever; the gods merged their two forms into one]

Hermes - son of Zeus and Maia, messenger of the gods, guide to the Underworld, god of trade, thieves, travelers, and border crossings. A trickster, within hours of birth, stole his brother Apollo’s prize cattle, invented the lyre and gifted it to Apollo to make amends. #Folklore