See also:

• CADUCEUS (the Lat. adaptation of the Doric Gr. KapvKewv, Attic /070K CAI)

CADUCEUS (the See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Doric Gr. KapvKewv, See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic /070K CAI)  , a See also:

• HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

herald's wand), the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff used by the messengers of the gods, and especially by See also:

• HERMES
• HERMES, GEORG (1775-1831)

Hermes as conductor of the souls of the dead to the See also:

• WORLD

world below . The See also:

• CADUCEUS (the Lat. adaptation of the Doric Gr. KapvKewv, Attic /070K CAI)

caduceus of Hermes, which was given him by See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo in See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange for the See also:

• LYRE (Gr. Xupa)

lyre, was a magic wand which exercised See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence over the living and the dead, bestowed See also:

• WEALTH

wealth and prosperity and turned every-thing it touched into See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold . In its See also:

• OLDEST

oldest See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form it was a See also:

• ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)
• ROD, EDOUARD (1857-1910)

rod ending in two prongs twined into a See also:

• KNOT
• KNOT (O.E. cnotta, from a Teutonic stem knutt; cf. " knit," and Ger. knoten)

knot (probably an See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch with two shoots, adorned with See also:

• RIBBONS

ribbons or garlands), for which, later, two serpents, with heads See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting at the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top, were substituted . The mythologists explained this by the See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of Hermes finding two serpents thus knotted together while fighting; he separated them with his wand, which, crowned by the serpents, became the See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of the See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement of quarrels (See also:

• THUCYDIDES (OovavMns)

Thucydides 53; See also:

• MACROBIUS, AMBROSIUS THEODOSIUS

Macrobius, Sat. i . 19; See also:

• HYGINUS
• HYGINUS (surnamed GROMATICUS, from gruma, a surveyor's measuring-rod)
• HYGINUS, GAIUS JULIUS

Hyginus, Poet . Astron. ii . 7) . A pair of wings was sometimes attached to the top of the staff, in token of the See also:

• SPEED, JOHN (1552–1629)

speed of Hermes as a messenger . In See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical times the caduceus was the attribute of Hermes as the See also:

• GOD

god of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce and See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, and among the Greeks it was the distinctive See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark of heralds and ambassadors, whose persons it rendered inviolable . The caduceus itself was not used by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, but the derivative caduceator occurs in the sense of a peace See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner . See L . See also:

• PRELLER, FRIEDRICH (1804–1878)
• PRELLER, LUDWIG (1809–1861)

Preller, " Der Hermesstab " in Philologus, i .

(1846) ; O . A . See also:

• HOFFMANN, AUGUST HEINRICH (1798–1874)
• HOFFMANN, ERNST THEODOR WILHELM (1776-1822)
• HOFFMANN, JOHANN JOSEPH (1805-1878)

Hoffmann, Hermes and Kerykeion (189o), who argues that Hermes is a male lunar divinity and his staff the See also:

• SPECIAL

special attribute of See also:

• APHRODITE

Aphrodite-See also:

• ASTARTE

Astarte .