The name of the Latin messenger god is Mercury.
The Roman god is Mercury.
It was named after the Roman god Mercury.
From the roman god Mercury
The god Mercury was Roman. His Greek name was Hermes.
Mercury was named by astronomers in 4th century BCE. The name comes from the Roman god Mercury, who was the messenger god and the fastest of the gods.
He is the messenger god. His other name is Hermes
mercury got it's name from the roman god of commerce
Mercury is this god's Roman name...his Greek equivalent is Hermes...
The name of the Roman god Mercury is Mercury (!). His name has been given to a metal and a planet. His Greek equivalent was Hermes.
because the god mercury was fast and since the planet mercury was fast the name was perfect. The name of the god Mercury was the Roman name for the Greek god Hermes. It is doubtful if Julius Caesar named the planet as it had been called either Hermes or Mercury for hundreds of years before Caesar.
Roman God ; Mercury Classical Greek God ; Hermes