# Mercury — Leviathan character guide

> Mercury in Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mercury a Paul

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-of-man

## Who they are

Roman messenger god, sometimes identified with Paul in Lystra.

## In the story

### [X: Of Power, Worth, Dignity, Honour, and Worthiness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leviathan_se/chapters/x-of-power-worth-dignity-honour-and-worthiness)

Mentioned as being celebrated in Homer's hymn for his frauds and thefts, used to show that great and difficult actions, even if unjust, were considered honourable as signs of power.

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