omer ▁and ▁H es iod ▁ ▁H omer ▁and ▁H es iod ▁port rayed ▁Herm es ▁as ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁sk illed ▁or ▁de cept ive ▁acts ▁and ▁also ▁as ▁a ▁benef actor ▁of ▁mort als . ▁In ▁the ▁I li ad , ▁he ▁is ▁called ▁" the ▁br inger ▁of ▁good ▁luck ", ▁" guide ▁and ▁guard ian ", ▁and ▁" ex cell ent ▁in ▁all ▁the ▁tr icks ". ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁divine ▁al ly ▁of ▁the ▁Gree ks ▁against ▁the ▁Tro j ans . ▁However , ▁he ▁did ▁protect ▁Pri am ▁when ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁Greek ▁camp ▁to ▁retrieve ▁the ▁body ▁of ▁his ▁son ▁H ector ▁and ▁accompanied ▁them ▁back ▁to ▁T roy . ▁ ▁He ▁also ▁res cu ed ▁A res ▁from ▁a ▁bra zen ▁vessel ▁where ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁imprison ed ▁by ▁Ot us ▁and ▁E ph ial tes . ▁In ▁the ▁Od ys sey , ▁Herm es ▁helps ▁his ▁great - grand ▁son , ▁the ▁protagon ist ▁Od ys se us , ▁by ▁inform ing ▁him ▁about ▁the ▁fate ▁of ▁his ▁compan ions , ▁who ▁were ▁turned ▁into ▁animals ▁by ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁Cir ce . ▁Herm es ▁instruct ed ▁Od ys se us ▁to ▁protect ▁himself ▁by ▁che wing ▁a ▁magic ▁her b ; ▁he ▁also ▁told ▁Cal y ps o ▁of ▁Ze us ' ▁order ▁to ▁free ▁Od ys se us ▁from ▁her ▁island ▁to ▁allow ▁him ▁to ▁continue ▁his ▁journey ▁back ▁home . ▁When ▁Od ys se us ▁killed ▁the ▁suit ors ▁of