Bronze Shorts
Description: Hermes is a god of transitions and boundaries. He is quick and cunning, and moves freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine, as emissary and messenger of the gods, intercessor between mortals and the divine, and conductor of souls into the afterlife. He is protector and patron of travelers, herdsmen, thieves, orators and wit, literature and poets, athletics and sports, invention and trade. In some myths he is a trickster, and outwits other gods for his own satisfaction or the sake of humankind. Hermes is identified with the Roman god, Mercury.
Description: The Argives, Achaeans, Hellenes, Heroes of Mycenaean Greece from Homers Iliad and the war for Troy. This design features a Bronze Age Figure of Eight Shield from the Aegean as well as the mythical names of the Greek Heroes and Demigods of the Trojan War. Agamemnon, Achilles, Ajax, Diomedes, Nestor, Patroclus, Menelaus and Odysseus. Part of the Ancient History, Bronze Age History and Ancient Warfare Collection.
