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: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac539,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Zellmann-Rohrer, Michael},
	year = {2023},
	title = {Ἑρμῆς ({Lemma} #539)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/539/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/539/},
}