# Hermes — The Eumenides character guide

> Hermes in The Eumenides by Aeschylus.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0001-the-eumenides

## Who they are

Messenger god, briefly mentioned or appearing in the narrative.

## Relationships

### [Clytemnestra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eumenides_se/characters/clytemnestra)

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Clytemnestra's ghost enlists Hermes as a messenger to guide the Furies and assist in her cause for vengeance.

## In the story

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_eumenides_se/chapters/endnotes)

Invoked as the guide of the wanderer Orestes.

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