Yes, he was. It is not clear, though, whether his being a messenger was an appointment by Zeus. Most of the gods seemed to be born to their respective duties.
Zeus sends Hermes, the messenger-god, because he's the only one who regularly goes there on business (Hermes guides souls to Tartarus).
Zeus' only messengers were Hermes and Iris. Hermes was the Olympian god of thieves. Iris was the goddess of the rainbow. She is not considered an Olympian.
As far as I know, there was only one god who had wings on his shoes, and that was the god Hermes, the messenger god. Also, a demigod (half god, half human) borrowed his winged shoes, and that was Perseus, to help defeat Medusa.
He was the only child of Maia by Zeus.
No, Hermes is only a messenger of gods His work is to deliver messages from mount Olympus to the Under World
Zeus and Maia only had a one time affair and had only one child. Hermes, god of messengers and thieves.
There really isn't one, it only ends in the birth of Hermes.
Hermes is only a statue in the museum. The demigod is Hercules (also Heracles), the son of Zeus and half-brother of Athena.
Zeus orders Hermes to kill Argus because Argus was guarding Io, a woman Zeus was romantically involved with. Zeus believed that by killing Argus, he could free Io from her watchful eyes and have more access to her without being caught.
Hermes is a messenger god. He sends messages from god to god. He is the only one who can get in and out of the under world without using one of Persephone's pearls.
Hermes killed Argus, the hundred-eyed giant, to rescue Io, a mortal woman whom Zeus had transformed into a cow to protect her from Hera's jealousy. To distract Argus, Hermes played music and told stories, lulling him to sleep before ultimately slaying him. This act not only freed Io but also showcased Hermes' cunning and resourcefulness as a messenger of the gods. After Argus's death, Hera honored him by placing his eyes on the peacock's feathers.
The fastest demigod in the Greek mythology is apparently Hermes, the messenger of the gods and the son of Maia, on of the Pleiades.Answer 2 Since Hermes is a god and not a demigod, this is not an exact answer.