Mercury

Divine representation

Gallic War 6.17 supplies the first indexed source portrait: “They worship as their divinity, Mercury in particular, and have many images of him, and regard him as the inventor of all arts, they consider him the guide of their journeys and marches, and believe him to have great influence over the acquisition of gain and mercantile transactions. …”

Named form in selected editions; identity established only to the extent of the cited context.

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