It's the Day of #Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday!
"The Eleans said that Pelops was the first to found a temple of #Hermes in Peloponnesos and to sacrifice to the god, his purpose being to avert the wrath of the god for the death of [Hermes' son] Myrtilos."
Pausanias, Description of Greece 5.1.7
Hermes with a ram, bas-relief, 2nd-3rd century CE, Palazzo Trinci, Foligno, Italy
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