id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
grbs-5481	Shelmerdine, Susan C.	Hermes and the Tortoise: A Prelude to Cult	1984	8	.pdf	application/pdf	4270	157	66	Here Hermes focuses on the tortoise-shell (the only part of the animal in which he has any interest), asking where it came from (32-33),9 and using a string of epithets that foreshadow its transformation into the lyre (31-32): he calls the tortoise lovely in shape (q,vT,V EpoEuua), played/beaten at the dance (~OPO(:TV7rE), and comrade of the feast (Ba'To~ ETai­ PTI).10 Hermes draws his speech to a close with a promise to honor the tortoise (ovB' a1TOTtI-'T,UW, 35); this final element of the hymnic form leads directly into Hermes' next act, the killing of the tortoise. SHELMERDINE, SUSAN C., Hermes and the Tortoise: A Prelude to Cult , Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 25:3 (1984) p.201 Hermes and the Tortoise: A Prelude to Cult Susan C. Shelmerdine THE HOMERIC HYMN to Hermes, one of the four longer poems of the corpus, tells the story of Hermes' conception, birth, and inauguration into the Olympic pantheon after his first two mis­ chief-filled days of life.	cache/grbs-5481.pdf	txt/grbs-5481.txt