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- In Greece, local versions of Hermes could also have additional attributes. Pausanias (VII.22.2) saw an image of Hermes, the Market god, at Pharae in Achaea. This was a smallish square pillar surmounted by a bearded head. In front of it was a stone hearth with bronze lamps clamped to it with lead. Beside it was an oracle: the enquirer would arrive at evening, burn incense on the hearth, light the lamps, lay a coin on the altar to the right of the image and whisper his question into the ear of the image. Then the enquirer would stop up his ears and leave the market place. After a while, the enquirer would uncover his ears and take whatever word was first heard for an oracle. (Prudence Jones & Nigel Pennick, A History of Pagan Europe )
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