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Hermathena

Hermathena noun: a composite statue depicting the Greek gods Hermes and Athena.

Noun

Hermathena (plural Hermathenas)

  1. A composite statue depicting the Greek gods Hermes and Athena.
    • I am very glad to hear what you say about the Hermathena. It is an ornament appropriate to my "Academia" for two reasons: Hermes is a sign common to all gymnasia, Minerva specially of this particular one.1920, Cicero, translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order, volume 1 (hardcover), London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd., page 12

Forms of Hermathena

pluralHermathenas

Questions about Hermathena

What does Hermathena mean?
Hermathena means a composite statue depicting the Greek gods Hermes and Athena.
What part of speech is Hermathena?
Hermathena is a noun.
What is the plural of Hermathena?
The plural of Hermathena is Hermathenas.

Words near Hermathena in the dictionary

  1. hermaphroditizes
  2. hermaphroditizing
  3. Hermaphroditus
  4. hermaphrodyte
  5. hermaphrodytes
  6. Hermathena
  7. hermatypic
  8. Hermean
  9. Hermenegild
  10. Hermenegildo
  11. hermeneut

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