Hermes - Old Tombstone

Hermes in Greek mythology the patron of wanderers, a conductor of souls died was the bulletin of gods. In last quality, he "... Carries out one of the most ancient functions of a conductor of souls died in Hades, "psyhopomp" or the assistant for a way to an empire dead (Hom. Od. 24 1 - 5). Hermes belongs to both worlds - lives and death; he is mediator meanwhile and another, as well as the mediator between gods and people. <...> His guidance on lives and death it is reinterpreted in epoch of classical mythology as protection heroes.