god
Hermes
Messenger god and conductor of souls (Psychopompos); he leads Eurydice up from the dead and, in 'Alkestis,' summons Admetus.
Reading notes
- New Poems §70 the god of going and of the far message
Hermes Psychopompos, messenger and conductor of souls, who guides Eurydice — and, at the fatal turn, takes her back.
- New Poems §71 the messenger
Hermes again, here the death-messenger who enters the wedding-feast to summon Admetus.
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