Hermes helped free Odysseus from Calypso. Without him, there would be no way of explaining why Odysseus was gone from Ithaca so long.
Further, Hermes helps Odysseus best the enchantress Circe. Otherwise, Odysseus would surely have been turned into a pig along with the rest of his men.
Hermes is the gods/godesses messenger
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Hermes
Hermes.
Several gods took part in the Odyssey. The main gods are Athena, Zeus Poseidon and Hermes.
The only thing Hermes took with was a bag with food. Odyssey is a book.
Hermes is the gods/godesses messenger
Nothing.
Hermes
Hermes.
A sea eagle
Several gods took part in the Odyssey. The main gods are Athena, Zeus Poseidon and Hermes.
Hermes is the messenger god and is helping odysseus get home by bringing him gifts and giving him information on what he has to do.
Hermes rescues him. Zues sends him.
Athena and Hermes are the only main gods in the Odyssey.
We can see that hospitatlity is very important in the odyssey for example when Hermes visits Calypo "but first let me give you hospitality" this shows it was importanat because even the gods respected it and made sure it was done before anything else.
Hermes did plenty of things. He has a big part to play in Homer's story of the Odyssey. You can read much more about the collection of things that he did in story form, in "Hermes the Olympian" a book by David Rosser, available on Amazon.