The Pantheon · Stop No. 72
Don't Put That Hermes
“The messenger regrets the message”
- Era
- Olympian, undated
- Provenance
- Mount Olympus, courier division
- Medium
- Gold ink on black
- Edition
- Museum reproduction
Hermes, patron of messengers, merchants, and travelers, holds the caduceus at maximum arm's length with an expression the Archive's registrar has catalogued as "profound reluctance." What he has been asked to deliver is not recorded. His face suggests we should not ask.
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