Whose Cattle Does Hermes Steal?
In No Time at All, He Tuned the Lyre and Was Singing Beautiful Songs in Honor of His Father and His Mother. Hermes Steals Apollo's Cattle. Very Soon Hermes...
In no time at all, he tuned the lyre and was singing beautiful songs in honor of his father and his mother. Hermes Steals Apollo's Cattle. Very soon Hermes became intent on other pursuits; he craved meat and devised a scheme for stealing the cattle of Apollo.
Why does Hermes steal Apollo's cattle?
When he found himself in the pastures of the gods, Hermes impulsively stole 50 cows from Apollo, then still the herdsman of the gods. Though he had been in the world less than a day, Hermes already had a cunning mind. ... So he disguised himself and returned, offering a reward for any news of the stolen cattle.
Who saw Hermes steal Apollo's cattle?
"The oldest daughter [of Atlas] Maia, after her intercourse with Zeus, bore Hermes in a cave on Kyllene. Though he was laid out in swaddling-clothes with her winnowing-basket for a cradle, he escaped and made his way to Pieria, where he stole some cattle that Apollon was tending." Pausanias, Description of Greece 8.
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