▁craft ), ▁the ▁che at , ▁the ▁god ▁of ▁ste alth . ▁ ▁and ▁c unning , ▁( see ▁also , ▁to ▁act ▁secret ively ▁as ▁kle p te in , ▁in ▁reference ▁EL ▁Whe eler ), ▁of ▁tre ach ery , ▁the ▁sch emer . ▁ ▁Herm es ▁Dol ios , ▁was ▁wor sh ipped ▁at ▁P ell ene ▁and ▁invoked ▁through ▁Od ys se us . ▁ ▁Herm es ▁is ▁am oral ▁like ▁a ▁baby . ▁Ze us ▁sent ▁Herm es ▁as ▁a ▁teacher ▁to ▁human ity ▁to ▁teach ▁them ▁knowledge ▁of ▁and ▁value ▁of ▁justice ▁and ▁to ▁improve ▁inter - person al ▁relationships ▁(" b ond ing ▁between ▁mort als "). ▁ ▁Consider ed ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁master y ▁of ▁r het or ical ▁persu asion ▁and ▁special ▁ple ading , ▁the ▁god ▁typically ▁has ▁no ct urn al ▁mod us ▁oper and i . ▁Herm es ▁knows ▁the ▁boundaries ▁and ▁cross es ▁the ▁borders ▁of ▁them ▁to ▁conf use ▁their ▁definition . ▁ ▁Th ief ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Lang ▁translation ▁of ▁H omer ' s ▁H ymn ▁to ▁Herm es , ▁the ▁god ▁after ▁being ▁born ▁is ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁rob ber , ▁a ▁captain ▁of ▁ra iders , ▁and ▁a ▁th ief ▁of ▁the ▁gates . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁late ▁Jung ian ▁psych other ap ist ▁López - P ed ra za , ▁everything ▁Herm es ▁th ieves , ▁he ▁later ▁sacrific es ▁to ▁the ▁gods . ▁ ▁Pat ron ▁of ▁th ieves ▁Aut oly cus ▁received