古希腊神话故事:海尔墨斯

　　Hermes immediately after he was born,hermes was appointed godof thievesat olympus.and a thief he became when he was barely a few hours old.feelinghungry,the infant left his cradle after nightfall to hunt for food.hechanced uponapollo''s oxen grazing on a meadow and drove a number oftheseanimals away,tying tree branches around the feet of thecattle to maketheir footsteps dim.he killed two of these oxenand had a magnificent dinner.thenhe slipped back into his littlebed in his mother''s house.when apollocame to question himhermes pretended to be innocent.the angry sungod draggedhimup to olympus ,where he was accused of the stealing andmade to returnthe cattle to their master.in reconciliation little hermes gave apollothe lyre he had made out of a tortoise shell,and apollo was so pleasedwith the gift that he presented his little brother with a magic stick.thestick could pacify hostileforces. in due time hermes was appointed messengerof zeus andthe gods.the gods equipped him with a pair of winged sandalsandwinged cap to enable him to travel swifter than sig