Re: [PIC] Mercury

On Thu, 06 Nov 1997 04:35:12 +0100, about Re: [PIC] Mercury,
joris bellenger <svz...@xs4all.nl> wrote:

>Anna wrote:
>
>> God I know this so has zero to do with ascii art..but I was wondering
>> what do ya mean by mercury..????..like  the person/figure whom the
>> planet was named after..????..tell me what u know about it..see thers
>> this  song called mercury..I think its talking about the planet my
>> friend thinks its talking about the mercury themometer..U can see the
>> dilema..But tell me what u know about this figure so maybe our interps
>>
>> can have alternate perspectives..i wont ask U to understand how
>> important this is..unless your a  cc fan But...So please your
>> input?????
>> tell me everything U know about mercury that isint the planet and
>> isint
>> the themometer.....Ill be your best friend..L
>>
>>                          "The light in her eyes
>>                                 )  goes out
>>                                (_)
>>                                |`|
>>                                | |  _()
>>                              \_|_|_/
>>                         I never had light
>>                         in my eyes anyway"
>>                                ~A.D~
>>             http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Club/5291/
>
>
>
>Mercury (Mercurius) is the son of Jupiter in the Roman mythology.
>He is the god of Merchants, Thiefs and Travellers.
>He was the messenger of the gods, that's why
>he wears a winged helmet and have winged feet too.
>
>Regards,
>
>joris
>
>Ps: He is Hermes in the Greek mythology.

Hello Joris,

sorry dude but you are forgetting something about pharmacy: the stick
that Mercury holds in his hand is called "caduceus", it has a pair of
snakes twisted on it and is the symbol you can see in all chemist
shops (at least here in Italy), in fact Mercury was also the God of
medicine. I have not my mithology dictionary handy and my memory lacks
a little so I cannot be more specific, sorry. Bye

Dario

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