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Mercury (mythology)
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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.



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