GRGR(13) Notes (Pt 3)

[David Morris]

>From: RICHARD_WILSON
>
>287.23-4 "Project Hermes People from General Electric" - Weissenburger 
>tells us
>that this was the code name for a collaborative effort between GE and US 
>Army
>Ordinance to sneak dismantled A-4's out of Germany to White Sands, New 
>Mexico.
>Hermes (like the dragon's teeth) is also from Greek mythology.
>

Apropo of rocketry, a "Herme" (mentioned below) was a human-sized obelisk, 
four smooth sides which taper slightly from the top to the bottom, with the 
head of Hemes at the top and an erecti penis spinging from the lower front.

from:
http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/articles/h/hermes.html
Hermes is the Greek god of riches, trade and good fortune and also the 
messenger or herald of the gods. He is the son of Zeus and Maia, one of the 
Pleiades. Hermes was an early fertility deity, and crude phallic images of 
him, called hermae, where set up at crossroads and in front of houses.

Five minutes after he was born, he stole a herd of cows from Apollo. He 
invented the lyre from a cow's internal fibers. After Apollo learned what 
happened, he knew that his half-brother should he one of the pantheon. 
Hermes was the patron of trickster and thieves because of his actions early 
in life. He served as messenger for Zeus and as a psychopomp ("conductor of 
souls") Hermes escorted the souls of the dead to Hades.

He is typically portrayed wearing a petasos, a broad-brimmed traveler's hat, 
and winged sandals called talaria. He also carries the herald's staff 
(caduceus), intertwined with ribbons or serpents. The great thief Autolycus 
is his son. His Roman name is Mercury.


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