It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏

"Hermes took him [Baby Dionysos] to the Nymphai of Asian Nysa, whom #Zeus in later times placed among the stars and named the Hyades."
Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.28

🏛 #Hermes holding Baby #Dionysos, Vase Painting from Attica, ca 470-450 BCE, found near Naples, Italy

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