Ἑρμῆς

Hermēs
Greek · noun
Edited by: Michael Zellmann-Rohrer
Last edited: 2023-07-11

Meanings
Literal translation
Hermes
Categories
planet
Related Lemmata 10 ›

1. Mercury

1.a Mercury planet

Ἥλιος, Ἀφροδίτη Ὑδροχόῳ, Σελήνη, Ζεὺς Τοξότῃ, Κρόνος Λέοντι, Ἑρμῆς Αἰγοκέρωτι, Ἄρης, ὡροσκόπος Ζυγῷ.

‘The Sun, Venus (were) in Aquarius; the Moon, Jupiter in Sagittarius; Saturn in Leo; Mercury in Capricorn; Mars, the Ascendant in Libra.’

— Vettius Valens 5.6.112

Genre: horoscope Date: 2nd century CE

(GH L 122,I,22)


Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). Ἑρμῆς (Lemma #539). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/539/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). Ἑρμῆς (Lemma #539). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/539/

MLA (9th)
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023). Ἑρμῆς (Lemma #539). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/539/

Harvard
Zellmann-Rohrer, M. (2023) Ἑρμῆς (Lemma #539), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/539/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac539,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {Ἑρμῆς ({Lemma} #539)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/539/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/539/},
}