The Universe: Inner Planets - Mercury and Venus
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Mercury
In Roman mythology, a god of commerce and gain, and messenger of the gods. He was identified with the Greek Hermes, and similarly represented with winged sandals and a winged staff entwined with snakes.
A temple near the Circus Maximus was dedicated to him, and his festival was celebrated on 25 May by the mercuriales, members of a college regulating the corn trade.
A 55 cm/22 in high bronze Mercury, dating from the 2nd century AD, was recovered from the excavation of an exceptionally large Roman temple in southern England, some 3 km/2 mi southwest of Colchester, Essex.
From the Hutchinson Encyclopedia of World History. © Research Machines plc [2006] All Rights Reserved, Helicon Publishing is a division of Research Machines.
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