Hermes

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"Hermes"

4 minute drill

22 July, 2012

Hermes: Greek herald and messenger of the gods. The god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. 

Rachael:

It was as though he forgot. With all the stillness and words left to be spoken, it was impossible to believe otherwise. When he was supposed to shout to Poseidon to protect the men, he remained silent. Watching. The stillness of the water has yet to betray what might have been on the tip of his tongue. The grief of the widows does not move him. The children, left hungry and cold, do not move him. We cry and shout in anger, "Hermes, where was your plea to our protector? Where was your voice in the storm, if not the thunder and crashing of waves that were our destruction?"

Michael:

Hello! My name is Hermes! Thank you very much... I come before you today to announce, herald and introduce all of these other gods behind me. They've come to honor you in your time of suffering. In the bright blue shirt we have the God of Selfish Pride. Let me hear a round of applause for the God of Selfish Pride. He wants you to know that he was the one in that photograph that has become, as he would say it, "world famous." You'll see it as soon as you turn on your T.V.'s. Then there's that God of False Humility, who will invite you to applaud for each of his colleagues, one at a time, whom he supervises. (ran out of time here).

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