▁ly re , ▁Herm es ▁was ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁invent ed ▁many ▁types ▁of ▁racing ▁and ▁the ▁sport ▁of ▁wrest ling , ▁and ▁therefore ▁was ▁a ▁patron ▁of ▁athlet es . ▁ ▁A then ian ▁trag ic ▁play w right s ▁A esch yl us ▁wrote ▁in ▁The ▁E umen ides ▁that ▁Herm es ▁helped ▁Or est es ▁kill ▁C ly tem n estra ▁under ▁a ▁false ▁identity ▁and ▁other ▁strat ag ems , ▁and ▁also ▁said ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁god ▁of ▁searches , ▁and ▁those ▁who ▁seek ▁things ▁lost ▁or ▁st olen . ▁In ▁Phil oct etes , ▁Soph oc les ▁inv okes ▁Herm es ▁when ▁Od ys se us ▁needs ▁to ▁conv ince ▁Phil oct etes ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁Tro jan ▁War ▁on ▁the ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁Gree ks , ▁and ▁in ▁Eur ip ides ' ▁Rh es us ▁Herm es ▁helps ▁Dol on ▁sp y ▁on ▁the ▁Greek ▁n avy . ▁ ▁A es op ▁A es op ▁featured ▁him ▁in ▁several ▁of ▁his ▁f ables , ▁as ▁r uler ▁of ▁the ▁gate ▁of ▁proph etic ▁dream s , ▁as ▁the ▁god ▁of ▁athlet es , ▁of ▁ed ible ▁roots , ▁and ▁of ▁hospital ity . ▁He ▁also ▁said ▁that ▁Herm es ▁had ▁assigned ▁each ▁person ▁his ▁share ▁of ▁intelligence . ▁ ▁H ellen istic ▁Greek ▁sources ▁ ▁Several ▁writers ▁of ▁the ▁H ellen istic ▁period ▁expanded ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁Herm es ' s ▁achiev ements . ▁Call im ach us ▁said ▁that ▁Herm es ▁dis gu ised ▁himself