- section, on
which male
genitals may also be
carved at the
appropriate height.
Hermae were so
called either because the head of
Hermes was most
common or from...
-
before trial)
Aspasia (acquitted) Hermocopidae:
vandalizers of the
Athenian hermae in 415 BCE. 22
individuals were
sentenced to death.
Alcibiades (sentenced...
-
Shepherd of
Hermas (Gr****: Ποιμὴν τοῦ Ἑρμᾶ, Poimēn tou Herma; Latin:
Pastor Hermae),
sometimes just
called The Shepherd, is a
Christian literary work of the...
-
Cyprus in the 4th
century BC. In the 5th
century BC, however,
there existed hermae of Aphroditus, or
phallic statues with a
female head.
Aphroditus is the...
- the
northwest corner (known as "the Herms"
because of the
great number of
Hermae set up there) of the
Athenian Agora. The stoa was
built in the
Doric order...
-
antiquary Varro learned that
there had been twin
pillars of br****,
phallic hermae, and that in the
sanctuary it was
understood that the
child of the Goddess...
- su****ion of
having taken part in the
mutilation of the
sacred busts called "
Hermae"
shortly before the
departure of Athens'
military expedition to Sicily....
-
Dionysos and
myrtle to Aphrodite.
Wreaths were also used to
decorate the
hermae,
stone pillars surmounted with the head of a god or
distinguished mortal...
- suam": die
Kirche als Geschöpf, Frau und Bau im
Bussunterricht des
Pastor Hermae (in German). Rome:
Patristic Institute Augustinianum. ISBN 88-7961-030-9...
-
Athenian boule (council), who fled
Athens during the
mutilation of the
hermae on the eve of the
disastrous Sicilian expedition.
Nothing further is known...
