, ▁in ▁translation ▁by ▁Richard ▁Ald ington , ▁wrote : ▁ ▁Lo vers ▁and ▁children ▁ ▁Pe ith o , ▁the ▁god dess ▁of ▁s edu ction ▁and ▁persu asion , ▁was ▁said ▁by ▁N onn us ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁wife ▁of ▁Herm es . ▁A ph rod ite , ▁the ▁god dess ▁of ▁love ▁and ▁beauty , ▁was ▁w oo ed ▁by ▁Herm es . ▁After ▁she ▁had ▁rejected ▁him , ▁Herm es ▁sought ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁Ze us ▁to ▁s edu ce ▁her . ▁Ze us , ▁out ▁of ▁pity , ▁sent ▁his ▁e agle ▁to ▁take ▁away ▁A ph rod ite ' s ▁sand al ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁bath ing , ▁and ▁gave ▁it ▁to ▁Herm es . ▁When ▁A ph rod ite ▁came ▁looking ▁for ▁the ▁sand al , ▁Herm es ▁made ▁love ▁to ▁her . ▁She ▁bore ▁him ▁a ▁son , ▁Herm aph rod it us . ▁Ap emos y ne , ▁a ▁prin cess ▁of ▁Cre te . ▁One ▁day ▁while ▁trav elling , ▁Herm es ▁saw ▁her ▁and ▁fell ▁in ▁love ▁with ▁her . ▁He ▁ch ased ▁her , ▁but ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁catch ▁her ▁since ▁she ▁was ▁sw if ter ▁than ▁him . ▁So ▁he ▁st rew ed ▁some ▁newly ▁stri pped ▁h ides ▁along ▁the ▁road , ▁on ▁which ▁she ▁sli pped ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁returning ▁after ▁a ▁while . ▁He ▁then ▁made ▁love ▁to ▁her . ▁When ▁she ▁dis closed ▁to ▁her ▁brother , ▁Al tha imen es , ▁what ▁had ▁happened ,