▁Bron ze ▁Age ▁My c ena e an ▁period . ▁Here , ▁Herm es ' ▁name ▁is ▁rendered ▁as ▁e ‐ ma ‐ a ▁( <0xE1> <0xBC> <0x99> ρ μ ά h α ς ). ▁This ▁name ▁is ▁always ▁recorded ▁alongside ▁those ▁of ▁several ▁god d esses , ▁including ▁Pot n ija , ▁Pos idae ja , ▁Di w ja , ▁H era , ▁Pere , ▁and ▁I p em ede ja , ▁indicating ▁that ▁his ▁worship ▁was ▁strongly ▁connected ▁to ▁their s . ▁This ▁is ▁a ▁pattern ▁that ▁would ▁continue ▁in ▁later ▁periods , ▁as ▁worship ▁of ▁Herm es ▁almost ▁always ▁took ▁place ▁within ▁tem ples ▁and ▁san ctu aries ▁primarily ▁dedicated ▁to ▁god d esses , ▁including ▁H era , ▁Dem eter , ▁H ec ate , ▁and ▁Des po ina . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Arch a ic ▁period ▁In ▁literary ▁works ▁of ▁Arch a ic ▁Greece , ▁Herm es ▁is ▁dep icted ▁both ▁as ▁a ▁prote ctor ▁and ▁a ▁trick ster . ▁In ▁H omer ' s ▁I li ad , ▁Herm es ▁is ▁called ▁" the ▁br inger ▁of ▁good ▁luck ", ▁" guide ▁and ▁guard ian ", ▁and ▁" ex cell ent ▁in ▁all ▁the ▁tr icks ". ▁In ▁H es iod ' s ▁The ▁Works ▁and ▁Days , ▁Herm es ' ▁is ▁dep icted ▁giving ▁P and ora ▁the ▁g ifts ▁of ▁lies , ▁sed uct ive ▁words , ▁and ▁a ▁dub ious ▁character . ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁known ▁the ological ▁or ▁spiritual ▁documents ▁concerning ▁Herm es