it kind of means that Hermes is associated with the tortoise. he used it a shell of a tortoise to create a lyre (an instrument, like a harp) hope this helps..
Hermes changed the nymph Khelone into a tortoise for not going to the wedding of Zeus and Hera. Hermes also made from a tortoise shell the lyre he traded to Apollo for cattle.
Hermes is represented by a rooster and/or a tortoise.
His symbol is the tortoise because when he was very young, he sneaked out of the cave that his mother and him were sleeping. While he was walking, he saw a tortoise and he killed the tortoise. After, he used the tortoise's shell to make a lyre.
Hermes gave Apollo the lyre, a musical instrument made from a tortoise shell.
Hermes' sacred animal are a tortoise and rooster.
Hermes was closely associated with the region said to be his birthplace, in Arcadia. Hermes was also associated with the Hermai boundary stones.
Hermes became associated with the moon through Egyptian culture. Greeks associated Hermes with Egyptian moon god Thoth, and also a combination of Hermes and Anubis called Hermanubis.
the tortoise i guess because its his sacred animal
roosters, tortoise, caduceus, talaria, and a lyre
he found an empty tortoise shell, an strung it, thus inventing the lyre.
The Romans associated Greek god Hermes with Mercury.