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Definition of HERMAE

Hermae
Herma Her"ma, n.; pl. Herm[ae]. [L.] See Hermes, 2.

Meaning of HERMAE from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- before trial) Aspasia (acquitted) Hermocopidae: vandalizers of the Athenian hermae in 415 BCE. 22 individuals were sentenced to death. Alcibiades (sentenced...
- Hermas (Gr****: Ποιμὴν τοῦ Ἑρμᾶ, romanized: Poimēn tou Herma; Latin: Pastor Hermae), sometimes just called The Shepherd, is a Christian literary work of the...
- 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....
- shade or in the warmth of the sun. The gardens included a gallery of busts, hermae and small marble and bronze statues. These were laid out between columns...
- Athenian boule (council), who fled Athens during the mutilation of the hermae on the eve of the disastrous Sicilian expedition. Nothing further is known...
- 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...
- Pastor Hermae Pentateuch Testimony The Development of New Testament Judaism George Henry Schodde - Hêrmâ Nabî: the Ethiopic version of Pastor Hermae examined...
- 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...