Hermes/Definition

From Greek mythology, (Roman: Mercury) he is the "messenger god", but with a far more complex role relating to boundaries, transitions, exchange, commerce, and trade as well as theft. He's a patron for travelers, merchants, thieves, heralds, and messengers. In the Psychopompos, he escorts the dead to the underworld also known as Tartaros or Hades. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.