god
Hermes
also: Ἐρμᾶς
The messenger god — in fr. 141 the wine-pourer of the gods' own wedding-feast, jug in hand while the immortals toast the bridegroom.
Reading notes
- Fragments of Uncertain Book, with the Epigrams and Dubia §141 Hermes
The messenger god, here in the unexpected role of wine-pourer to the assembled gods — a divine wedding-feast mirroring the human one, down to the toasts for the bridegroom.