▁Herm es ' s ▁son . ▁ ▁Icon ography ▁ ▁The ▁image ▁of ▁Herm es ▁evol ved ▁and ▁varied ▁along ▁with ▁Greek ▁art ▁and ▁culture . ▁In ▁Arch a ic ▁Greece ▁he ▁was ▁usually ▁dep icted ▁as ▁a ▁m ature ▁man , ▁be arded , ▁and ▁dressed ▁as ▁a ▁travel er , ▁her ald , ▁or ▁past or . ▁This ▁image ▁remained ▁common ▁on ▁the ▁Her mai , ▁which ▁served ▁as ▁boundary ▁markers , ▁road side ▁markers , ▁and ▁grave ▁markers , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁vot ive ▁offer ings . ▁ ▁In ▁Class ical ▁and ▁H ellen istic ▁Greece , ▁Herm es ▁was ▁usually ▁dep icted ▁as ▁a ▁young , ▁athlet ic ▁man ▁lack ing ▁a ▁be ard . ▁When ▁represented ▁as ▁Log ios ▁( G reek : ▁ Λ ό γ ι ος , ▁speaker ), ▁his ▁attitude ▁is ▁consistent ▁with ▁the ▁attribute . ▁Ph id ias ▁left ▁a ▁statue ▁of ▁a ▁famous ▁Herm es ▁Log ios ▁and ▁Pra x it eles ▁another , ▁also ▁well ▁known , ▁showing ▁him ▁with ▁the ▁baby ▁D ion ys us ▁in ▁his ▁arms . ▁ ▁At ▁all ▁times , ▁however , ▁through ▁the ▁H ellen istic ▁periods , ▁Roman , ▁and ▁throughout ▁Western ▁history ▁into ▁the ▁present ▁day , ▁several ▁of ▁his ▁characteristic ▁objects ▁are ▁present ▁as ▁identification , ▁but ▁not ▁always ▁all ▁together . ▁Among ▁these ▁objects ▁is ▁a ▁wide - br im med ▁hat , ▁the ▁pet as os , ▁widely ▁used ▁by ▁rural ▁people ▁of ▁anti qu ity ▁to ▁protect ▁themselves ▁from