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For the piano piece by Iannis Xenakis, see <a href="/wiki/Herma_(Xenakis)" title="Herma (Xenakis)">Herma (Xenakis)</a>.</div> <p>A <b>herma</b> (<a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc">ἑρμῆς</span>, plural <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">ἑρμαῖ</span></span> <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">hermai</i></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> commonly <b>herm</b> in English, is a sculpture with a head and perhaps a torso above a plain, usually squared lower section, on which <a href="/wiki/Human_male_genitalia" class="mw-redirect" title="Human male genitalia">male genitals</a> may also be carved at the appropriate height. Hermae were so called either because the head of <a href="/wiki/Hermes" title="Hermes">Hermes</a> was most common or from their etymological connection with the Greek word <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">ἕρματα</span></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">hérmata</i></span>, meaning 'blocks of stone'), which originally had no reference to Hermes at all.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The form originated in <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">ancient Greece</a>, and was adopted by the Romans (called mercuriae), and revived at the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> in the form of <a href="/wiki/Term_(architecture)" title="Term (architecture)">term figures</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atlas_(architecture)" title="Atlas (architecture)">atlantes</a>. </p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Herma_Demosthenes_Glyptothek_Munich_292.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Herma_Demosthenes_Glyptothek_Munich_292.jpg/250px-Herma_Demosthenes_Glyptothek_Munich_292.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="485" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Herma_Demosthenes_Glyptothek_Munich_292.jpg/330px-Herma_Demosthenes_Glyptothek_Munich_292.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Herma_Demosthenes_Glyptothek_Munich_292.jpg/500px-Herma_Demosthenes_Glyptothek_Munich_292.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1238" data-file-height="3000"></a><figcaption>Herma of <a href="/wiki/Demosthenes" title="Demosthenes">Demosthenes</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Athenian_Agora" class="mw-redirect" title="Athenian Agora">Athenian Agora</a>, work by Polyeuktos, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 280 BC</span>, <a href="/wiki/Glyptothek" title="Glyptothek">Glyptothek</a></figcaption></figure> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Origin"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Origin</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Uses"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Uses</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Trial_of_Alcibiades"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Trial of Alcibiades</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Art_and_popular_culture"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Art and popular culture</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Gallery"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Gallery</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Herm_(sculpture)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origin" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p>In the earliest times <a href="/wiki/List_of_Greek_deities" title="List of Greek deities">Greek divinities</a> were worshipped in the form of a heap of stones or a shapeless column of stone or wood. In many parts of Greece there were piles of stones by the sides of roads, especially at their crossings, and on the <a href="/wiki/Boundary_marker" title="Boundary marker">boundaries of lands</a>. The religious respect paid to such heaps of stones, especially at the meeting of roads, is shown by the custom of each passer-by throwing a stone on to the heap or anointing it with oil.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later there was the addition of a head and <a href="/wiki/Phallus" title="Phallus">phallus</a> to the column, which became quadrangular (the number four was sacred to <a href="/wiki/Hermes" title="Hermes">Hermes</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Uses">Uses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Herm_(sculpture)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Uses" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HermHerakles_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img alt="Herma with the head of Herakles (Hermherakles). Museum of Ancient Messene, Greece." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/HermHerakles_2.jpg/250px-HermHerakles_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="297" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2554" data-file-height="4465"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 170px;height: 297px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/HermHerakles_2.jpg/250px-HermHerakles_2.jpg" data-alt="Herma with the head of Herakles (Hermherakles). Museum of Ancient Messene, Greece." data-width="170" data-height="297" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/HermHerakles_2.jpg/330px-HermHerakles_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/HermHerakles_2.jpg/500px-HermHerakles_2.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Herma with the head of Herakles (Hermherakles). Museum of Ancient Messene, Greece</figcaption></figure> <p>In ancient Greece the statues were thought to ward off harm or evil, an <a href="/wiki/Apotropaic" class="mw-redirect" title="Apotropaic">apotropaic</a> function, and were placed at crossings, country borders and boundaries as protection, in front of temples, near to tombs, outside houses, in the <a href="/wiki/Gymnasium_(ancient_Greece)" title="Gymnasium (ancient Greece)">gymnasia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palaestra" title="Palaestra">palaestrae</a>, libraries, <a href="/wiki/Portico" title="Portico">porticoes</a>, and public places, at the corners of streets, on high roads as sign-posts, with distances inscribed upon them.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Before his role as protector of merchants and travelers, <a href="/wiki/Hermes" title="Hermes">Hermes</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Phallic_saints" class="mw-redirect" title="Phallic saints">phallic god</a>, associated with fertility, luck, roads and borders. His name perhaps comes from the word <i>herma</i>, referring to a square or rectangular pillar of stone, <a href="/wiki/Terracotta" title="Terracotta">terracotta</a>, or bronze; a bust of Hermes' head, usually with a <a href="/wiki/Beard" title="Beard">beard</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> sat on the top of the pillar, and male <a href="/wiki/Genitals" class="mw-redirect" title="Genitals">genitals</a> adorned the base. The surmounting heads were not, however, confined to those of Hermes; those of other gods and heroes, and even of distinguished mortals, were of frequent occurrence. In this case a compound was formed:<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Hermathena_(composite_of_Hermes_and_Athena)" title="Hermathena (composite of Hermes and Athena)">Hermathena</a></i> (a herm of Athena), <i>Hermares</i> (of Ares), <i>Hermherakles</i> (of Herakles), <i>Hermaphroditus</i> (of Aphrodite—not to be confused with the son of Hermes and Aphrodite with the same name, <i><a href="/wiki/Hermaphroditus" title="Hermaphroditus">Hermaphroditus</a></i>, who had the genitals of both sexes), <i><a href="/wiki/Hermanubis" title="Hermanubis">Hermanubis</a></i>, <i>Hermalcibiades</i>, and so on. In <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, where the <i>hermai</i> were most numerous and most venerated, they were placed outside houses as apotropes for <a href="/wiki/Good_luck" class="mw-redirect" title="Good luck">good luck</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They would be rubbed or anointed with olive oil and adorned with garlands or <a href="/wiki/Wreath_(attire)" title="Wreath (attire)">wreaths</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This superstition persists, for example the <span title="Italian-language text"><i lang="it"><a href="/wiki/Porcellino" title="Porcellino">Porcellino</a></i></span> bronze boar of Florence (and numerous others like it around the world), where the nose is shiny from being continually touched for good luck or fertility. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:AGMA_T%C3%AAte_d%27Herm%C3%A8s.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><noscript><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/AGMA_T%C3%AAte_d%27Herm%C3%A8s.jpg/250px-AGMA_T%C3%AAte_d%27Herm%C3%A8s.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="252" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1009"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 200px;height: 252px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/AGMA_T%C3%AAte_d%27Herm%C3%A8s.jpg/250px-AGMA_T%C3%AAte_d%27Herm%C3%A8s.jpg" data-width="200" data-height="252" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/AGMA_T%C3%AAte_d%27Herm%C3%A8s.jpg/330px-AGMA_T%C3%AAte_d%27Herm%C3%A8s.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/AGMA_T%C3%AAte_d%27Herm%C3%A8s.jpg/500px-AGMA_T%C3%AAte_d%27Herm%C3%A8s.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a><figcaption>Archaic bearded head of <a href="/wiki/Hermes" title="Hermes">Hermes</a> from a herm, early 5th century BC</figcaption></figure> <p>In Roman and <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> versions (<i><a href="/wiki/Terminus_(god)" title="Terminus (god)">termini</a></i>), the body was often shown from the waist up. The form was also used for portrait busts of famous public figures, especially writers like <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plato" title="Plato">Plato</a>. Anonymous female figures were often used from the <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> on, when herms were often attached to walls as decoration. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Trial_of_Alcibiades">Trial of Alcibiades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Herm_(sculpture)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Trial of Alcibiades" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p>In 415 BC, on a night shortly before the Athenian fleet was about to set sail for Syracuse as part of the <a href="/wiki/Sicilian_Expedition" title="Sicilian Expedition">Sicilian Expedition</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Peloponnesian_War" title="Peloponnesian War">Peloponnesian War</a>, all of the Athenian <i>hermai</i> were vandalized. Many people at the time thought such an impious act would threaten the success of the expedition.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Though it was never proven, the Athenians at the time believed it was the work of saboteurs, either from <a href="/wiki/Syracuse,_Sicily" title="Syracuse, Sicily">Syracuse</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sparta" title="Sparta">Spartan</a> sympathizers from <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> itself; one suspect was the writer <a href="/wiki/Xenophon" title="Xenophon">Xenophon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Enemies of <a href="/wiki/Alcibiades" title="Alcibiades">Alcibiades</a>, using the anger of the Athenians as a pretext to investigate further desecrations, accused him of other acts of impiety, including mutilations of other sacred objects and mocking performances of religious mystery ceremonies.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He denied the accusations and offered to stand trial, but the Athenians did not want to disrupt the expedition any further, and his opponents wanted to use his absence to incite the people against him at a time when he would not be able to defend himself. </p><p>Once he had left on the expedition, his political enemies had him charged and sentenced to death <a href="/wiki/Trial_in_absentia" title="Trial in absentia"><i>in absentia</i></a>, both for the mutilation of the hermai, and the supposedly related crime of profaning the <a href="/wiki/Eleusinian_Mysteries" title="Eleusinian Mysteries">Eleusinian Mysteries</a>. </p> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Art_and_popular_culture">Art and popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Herm_(sculpture)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Art and popular culture" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>In Plato's <i><a href="/wiki/Hipparchus_(dialogue)" title="Hipparchus (dialogue)">Hipparchus</a></i>, Socrates attributes the existence of these statues to Hipparchus. They were meant to educate the people in the country, outside of Athens, and make them admire Hipparchus' wisdom over the wisdom of the Delphic inscriptions. Hence he ordered the carvings of the following two inscriptions: "This is a memorial to Hipparchus: Walk thinking just thoughts" and "This is a memorial to Hipparchus: Don't deceive a friend" (229a–b). Socrates is making fun of Hipparchus, and his interlocutor, by this account.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/J._Paul_Getty_Museum" title="J. Paul Getty Museum">J. Paul Getty Museum</a> in Los Angeles has a large collection of Roman Herma boundary marker stones in its stored collection. </p><p>An <a href="/wiki/Aesop%27s_fable" class="mw-redirect" title="Aesop's fable">Aesop's fable</a> makes fun of a <a href="/wiki/The_Statue_of_Hermes#2_Hermes_and_the_dog" title="The Statue of Hermes">statue of Hermes</a>. When a pious dog offers to "anoint" it, the god hastily assures his worshipper that this is not necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the fantasy novel <i><a href="/wiki/Lud-in-the-mist" class="mw-redirect" title="Lud-in-the-mist">Lud-in-the-mist</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Hope_Mirrlees" title="Hope Mirrlees">Hope Mirrlees</a> the main character unearths an important object by digging beneath an object called both a "<a href="/wiki/Berm" title="Berm">berm</a>" and a "herm". It is described as "the tree yet not a tree, the man yet not a man".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> </section><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"><span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="/w/index.php?title=Herm_(sculpture)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gallery" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div><section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 216.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 214.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Erme_-_Sec._III-I_a.C._-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Small terracotta herm of Hermes"><noscript><img alt="Small terracotta herm of Hermes" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Erme_-_Sec._III-I_a.C._-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006.jpg/330px-Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Erme_-_Sec._III-I_a.C._-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="215" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="743" data-file-height="693"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 215px;height: 200px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Erme_-_Sec._III-I_a.C._-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006.jpg/330px-Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Erme_-_Sec._III-I_a.C._-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006.jpg" data-alt="Small terracotta herm of Hermes" data-width="215" data-height="200" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Erme_-_Sec._III-I_a.C._-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006.jpg/500px-Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Erme_-_Sec._III-I_a.C._-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Erme_-_Sec._III-I_a.C._-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006.jpg/643px-Istanbul_-_Museo_archeol._-_Erme_-_Sec._III-I_a.C._-_Foto_G._Dall%27Orto_28-5-2006.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Small <a href="/wiki/Terracotta" title="Terracotta">terracotta</a> herm of Hermes</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 84px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 82px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:0007MAN-Herma.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Archaic Greek herm, presumably of Hermes, unusual in that the penis has survived"><noscript><img alt="Archaic Greek herm, presumably of Hermes, unusual in that the penis has survived" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/0007MAN-Herma.jpg/250px-0007MAN-Herma.jpg" decoding="async" width="82" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="329" data-file-height="800"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 82px;height: 200px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/0007MAN-Herma.jpg/250px-0007MAN-Herma.jpg" data-alt="Archaic Greek herm, presumably of Hermes, unusual in that the penis has survived" data-width="82" data-height="200" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Archaic Greek herm, presumably of <a href="/wiki/Hermes" title="Hermes">Hermes</a>, unusual in that the penis has survived</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 102px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 100px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rustic_sanctuary_Louvre_CA2935.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Herm on an Attic red-figure lekythos, 475–450 BC"><noscript><img alt="Herm on an Attic red-figure lekythos, 475–450 BC" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Rustic_sanctuary_Louvre_CA2935.jpg/250px-Rustic_sanctuary_Louvre_CA2935.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="948" data-file-height="1896"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 100px;height: 200px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Rustic_sanctuary_Louvre_CA2935.jpg/250px-Rustic_sanctuary_Louvre_CA2935.jpg" data-alt="Herm on an Attic red-figure lekythos, 475–450 BC" data-width="100" data-height="200" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Rustic_sanctuary_Louvre_CA2935.jpg/330px-Rustic_sanctuary_Louvre_CA2935.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Herm on an Attic red-figure <a href="/wiki/Lekythos" title="Lekythos">lekythos</a>, 475–450 BC</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 130.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 128.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Philosopher2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A hermaic sculpture of an old man, probably a philosopher. Ai Khanoum, Afghanistan, 2nd century BC"><noscript><img alt="A hermaic sculpture of an old man, probably a philosopher. Ai Khanoum, Afghanistan, 2nd century BC" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Philosopher2.JPG/250px-Philosopher2.JPG" decoding="async" width="129" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="569" data-file-height="882"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 129px;height: 200px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Philosopher2.JPG/250px-Philosopher2.JPG" data-alt="A hermaic sculpture of an old man, probably a philosopher. Ai Khanoum, Afghanistan, 2nd century BC" data-width="129" data-height="200" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Philosopher2.JPG/330px-Philosopher2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Philosopher2.JPG/500px-Philosopher2.JPG 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A hermaic sculpture of an old man, probably a philosopher. <a href="/wiki/Ai_Khanoum" class="mw-redirect" title="Ai Khanoum">Ai Khanoum</a>, Afghanistan, 2nd century BC</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 266px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 264px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anvers_Maison_Rubens.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Male and female Baroque herms at the Rubenshuis"><noscript><img alt="Male and female Baroque herms at the Rubenshuis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Anvers_Maison_Rubens.JPG/500px-Anvers_Maison_Rubens.JPG" decoding="async" width="264" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="2564" data-file-height="1944"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 264px;height: 200px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Anvers_Maison_Rubens.JPG/500px-Anvers_Maison_Rubens.JPG" data-alt="Male and female Baroque herms at the Rubenshuis" data-width="264" data-height="200" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Anvers_Maison_Rubens.JPG/960px-Anvers_Maison_Rubens.JPG 1.5x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Male and female <a href="/wiki/Baroque" title="Baroque">Baroque</a> herms at the <a href="/wiki/Rubenshuis" title="Rubenshuis">Rubenshuis</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 210.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 208.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Duble_herma_of_Socrates_and_Seneca_Antikensammlung_Berlin_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Busts from a Roman double herm of Seneca and Socrates"><noscript><img alt="Busts from a Roman double herm of Seneca and Socrates" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Duble_herma_of_Socrates_and_Seneca_Antikensammlung_Berlin_01.jpg/330px-Duble_herma_of_Socrates_and_Seneca_Antikensammlung_Berlin_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="209" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1337" data-file-height="1281"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 209px;height: 200px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Duble_herma_of_Socrates_and_Seneca_Antikensammlung_Berlin_01.jpg/330px-Duble_herma_of_Socrates_and_Seneca_Antikensammlung_Berlin_01.jpg" data-alt="Busts from a Roman double herm of Seneca and Socrates" data-width="209" data-height="200" data-mw-srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Duble_herma_of_Socrates_and_Seneca_Antikensammlung_Berlin_01.jpg/500px-Duble_herma_of_Socrates_and_Seneca_Antikensammlung_Berlin_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Duble_herma_of_Socrates_and_Seneca_Antikensammlung_Berlin_01.jpg/960px-Duble_herma_of_Socrates_and_Seneca_Antikensammlung_Berlin_01.jpg 2x" data-class="mw-file-element"> </span></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Busts from a Roman double herm of <a href="/wiki/Seneca_the_Younger" title="Seneca the Younger">Seneca</a> and <a href="/wiki/Socrates" title="Socrates">Socrates</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 153.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:King_St._Ladislaus.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Medieval herm of King Saint Ladislaus of Hungary that contains his skull; currently in the Basilica of Győr"><noscript><img 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class="gallerytext">Medieval herm of <a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_I_of_Hungary" title="Ladislaus I of Hungary">King Saint Ladislaus of Hungary</a> that contains his skull; currently in the Basilica of <a href="/wiki/Gy%C5%91r" title="Győr">Győr</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 152px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20230605_120914_Eleutherna_MaE.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dionysus herm from Eleutherna, Crete."><noscript><img alt="Dionysus herm from Eleutherna, Crete." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/20230605_120914_Eleutherna_MaE.jpg/250px-20230605_120914_Eleutherna_MaE.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="200" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 150px;height: 200px;" 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href="https://fr.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Page:Bailly_-_Dictionnaire_Grec-Fran%C3%A7ais.djvu/367&action=edit&redlink=1">p. 361</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EB1911-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-EB1911_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="noprint"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><noscript><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/20px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="13" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430"></noscript><span class="lazy-image-placeholder" style="width: 12px;height: 13px;" data-mw-src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/20px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" data-alt="" data-width="12" data-height="13" 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(1911). "<a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Hermae" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Hermae">Hermae</a>". <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 365.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Hermae&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=365&rft.edition=11th&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=1911&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHerm+%28sculpture%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nicand. Ther. 150; Theophrast. Char. 16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paus. vii. 22. § 2; Aristoph. Plut. 1121, 1144; Hom. Od. xiv. 435, xix. 397; Athen. i. p. 16.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brunck, Anal. 3.197, no. 234</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The image of a youthful, beardless Hermes was a development of the 5th century BCE.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thuc. 6.27; Aelian, Ael. VH 2.41; Suid. s.v. Pollux, 8.72; Athen. 10.437b</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Theophrast. Char. 16; comp. Genesis 28.18, 22, 31.45-48</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thuc. 6.27, with Grote's remarks, ch. 58, 5.146ff.; Andoc. de Myst.; Aristoph. Lys. 1094</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Introduction "A History of My Times" (Penguin Classics) Paperback – May 31, 1979 by the editor George Cawkwell. Translated from Xenophons' "Hellenica" by Rex Warner</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thucydides (2008). <i>The Landmark Thucydides</i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Free_Press_(publisher)" title="Free Press (publisher)">Free Press</a>, sections 6.27–28.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPlato1955" class="citation book cs1">Plato (1955). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0176%3Atext%3DHipparch.%3Asection%3D229a"><i>Hipparchus</i></a>. Translated by Lamb, W. R. M. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 229a – via Perseus Digital Library.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hipparchus&rft.place=Cambridge%2C+Massachusetts&rft.pages=229a&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=1955&rft.au=Plato&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perseus.tufts.edu%2Fhopper%2Ftext%3Fdoc%3DPerseus%253Atext%253A1999.01.0176%253Atext%253DHipparch.%253Asection%253D229a&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHerm+%28sculpture%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mythfolklore.net/aesopica/perry/308.htm">"Hermes and the Dog"</a>. <i>Aesopica</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Aesopica&rft.atitle=Hermes+and+the+Dog&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmythfolklore.net%2Faesopica%2Fperry%2F308.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHerm+%28sculpture%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMirrlees2013" class="citation book cs1">Mirrlees, Hope (2013) [first published 1926]. <i>Lud-in-the-Mist</i>. 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rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/K11.12.html">Ancient Greek Art: Herm Statue, Theoi Project</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0063:entry=hermae-cn">A Dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities (1890), Perseus Project</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/263092/herm">Herm (Greek religion)– Britannica Online Encyclopedia</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sacred-texts.com/sex/ipi/ipi06.htm">Influence of the Phallic Idea: Hermae, Termini, Pillars and "Groves"</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://neoherm.googlepages.com">Ice Herms</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090511001438/http://neoherm.googlepages.com/">Archived</a> 2009-05-11 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, with primary source passages on ancient herms and on the sacrilege trial of Alcibiades, images of ancient herms from sculpture and <a href="/wiki/Pottery_of_Ancient_Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Pottery of Ancient Greece">vase painting</a>, and photos (including a step-by-step guide to the making) of the University of Chicago ice herms</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-als mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herme" title="Herme – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Herme" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7" title="هيرما – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="هيرما" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Герма – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Герма" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Херма – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Херма" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herme" title="Herme – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Herme" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herme" title="Herme – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Herme" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herm" title="Herm – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Herm" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%AD%CF%82" title="Ερμές – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ερμές" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermo" title="Hermo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Hermo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herm%C3%A8s_(sculpture)" title="Hermès (sculpture) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Hermès (sculpture)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%97%A4%EB%A5%B4%EB%A7%88" title="헤르마 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="헤르마" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A1" title="Հերմա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հերմա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erma_(scultura)" title="Erma (scultura) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Erma (scultura)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%9E%D7%94" title="הרמה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הרמה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Герма – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Герма" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Герма – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Герма" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herme_(Grieks_godenbeeld)" title="Herme (Grieks godenbeeld) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Herme (Grieks godenbeeld)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E" title="ヘルマ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ヘルマ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herme_(skulptur)" title="Herme (skulptur) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Herme (skulptur)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germa" title="Germa – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Germa" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Герма – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Герма" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermi" title="Hermi – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Hermi" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herm_(arkitektur)" title="Herm (arkitektur) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Herm (arkitektur)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_(%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D)" title="எர்ம் (சிற்பம்) – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="எர்ம் (சிற்பம்)" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%89%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%A7" title="ประติมากรรมเฉพาะหัว – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ประติมากรรมเฉพาะหัว" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma" title="Herma – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Herma" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0" title="Герма – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Герма" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B9%E6%9F%B1%E5%BD%A2%E8%83%B8%E5%83%8F" title="方柱形胸像 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