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Hermes created the first lyre by using string over a tortoise shell.

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What Hermes Tortoise mean?

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..


What did the tortoise meant to Hermes the Greek god?

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.


What animal represents Hermes?

Hermes is represented by a rooster and/or a tortoise.


Why was Hermes symbol the 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.


What did Hermes give to Apollo?

Hermes gave Apollo the lyre, a musical instrument made from a tortoise shell.


What is herme's sacred animal?

Hermes' sacred animal are a tortoise and rooster.


Did Hermes the Greek God have a patron city?

Hermes was closely associated with the region said to be his birthplace, in Arcadia. Hermes was also associated with the Hermai boundary stones.


What is Hermes god of moon?

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.


What is the Greek god Hermes favorite animal?

the tortoise i guess because its his sacred animal


Which symbols represent Greek God Hermes?

roosters, tortoise, caduceus, talaria, and a lyre


How did Hermes invent the lyre?

he found an empty tortoise shell, an strung it, thus inventing the lyre.


What is Hermes the god roman name?

The Romans associated Greek god Hermes with Mercury.