Mercury

Also known as: guide and guardian / mighty slayer of Argos / slayer of Argus · Family: Olympians · Role: god · First appears: BOOK V

🌐 Also appears in: Greek Mythology — A Family Orrery (as Hermes) · The Odyssey (as Mercury) · The Aeneid (as Mercury) · The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Mercury) · Greek Tragedy — The Same Myth, Three Voices (as Hermes)

Life events

• The gods choose sides and enter the conflict between Trojans and Achaeans.(BOOK XX)
  • With: Juno Minerva Neptune Vulcan Mars Apollo Diana Leto Scamander Venus
  • “Thus spoke Jove and gave the word for war, whereon the gods took their several sides and went into battle.”
• Mercury escorts Priam safely through the Achaean camp and brings him inside Achilles’s dwelling.(BOOK XXIV · 📍 the ships of the Achaeans)
  • With: Priam Idaeus
  • “Then he drew back the bolts to open the gates, and took Priam inside with the treasure he had upon his waggon.”

BOOK V

• ward: Mars “Mercury, who stole him away when he was already well-nigh worn out by the severity of his bondage.”

BOOK XIV

• protégé: Ilioneus “whom Mercury had favoured and endowed with greater wealth than any other of the Trojans”

BOOK XVI

• child: Eudorus “whereon she bore him a noble son Eudorus”
• with Polymele (interaction) “the mighty slayer of Argos was enamoured of her as he saw her among the singing women at a dance held in honour of Diana”

BOOK XX

• enemies with Leto (Mercury faces Leto.) “Mercury the lusty bringer of good luck faced Leto”

BOOK XXIV

• parent: Jove “It is I, immortal Mercury, that am come with you, for my father sent me to escort you.”
• ward: Priam “For myself, I will do you no harm, and I will defend you from any one else, for you remind me of my own father.”
• child: Polyctor “I am a Myrmidon, and my father’s name is Polyctor: he is a rich man and about as old as you are”

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Extracted from the original text of The Iliad. Made with Rho MD.