Babylonian Origin of Hermes the Snake-God, and of the Caduceus
Series: Analecta Gorgiana
Babylonian Origin of Hermes the Snake-God, and of the Caduceus Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 37
ISBN: 9781607244387
Pub Date: August 2009
Imprint: Gorgias Press
Price: £31.00
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Description:
Arthur Frothingham, one of the founding fathers of Art History, here discusses the origins of Hermes, and suggests that the prototype of Hermes was an Eastern deity of Babylonian extraction.