Hermes

American  

[hur-meez] / ˈhɜr miz /

noun

1. the ancient Greek herald and messenger of the gods and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.

2. Astronomy. a small asteroid that in 1937 approached within 485,000 miles (780,000 km) of the earth, the closest approach of an asteroid ever observed.

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Hermes ¹ British  

/ ˈhɜːmiːz /

noun

1. Roman counterpart: Mercury.  Greek myth the messenger and herald of the gods; the divinity of commerce, cunning, theft, travellers, and rascals. He was represented as wearing winged sandals

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Hermes ² British  

/ ˈhɜːmiːz /

noun

1. a small asteroid some 800 m in diameter that passed within 670 000 kilometres of the earth in 1937, and is now lost

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Hermes Cultural  

1. The messenger god of classical mythology. He traveled with great swiftness, aided by the wings he wore on his sandals and his cap. Hermes was a son of Zeus and the father of Pan.

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The caduceus, the wand of Hermes, is the traditional symbol of physicians. It has wings at the top and serpents twined about the staff.

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Regardless, Orcel has all but won, said Filippo Alloatti of asset manager Federated Hermes, which owns bonds of both banks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, Hermes has a forward price-to-earnings ratio of about 35 times compared with 43.1 times right before the war began.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

"It is one of one of the most sought-after bags and that has been achieved primarily by Hermes restricting access to people," he said.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

Shares in Parisian handbag doyenne Hermes fell sharply last week after it booked a sales drop the company blamed partly on fewer Middle Eastern travelers splurging in its European boutiques.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

And if Hermes never visited, if he’d left Luke alone with hJs mom all those years ...

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan