# Hermes — Victory Odes character guide

> Hermes in Victory Odes by Pindar.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** glorious Hermes, Hermes the Lord of the Games

**First appearance:** 0001-victory-odes

## Who they are

Messenger god, patron of athletes and contests.

## In the story

### [VI For Agesias of Syracuse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/vi)

Herald of the gods, honored by Agesias' ancestors; associated with games and the Arcadian homeland.

### [II For Hiero of Syracuse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/ii)

Ruler of contests; brought harness-adornings for Hiero's chariot.

### [IX For Telesikrates of Kyrene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/victory_odes_se/chapters/ix)

God who takes the newborn Aristaius to Earth and the Hours to be made immortal.

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