Hermes
I really liked the Homeric Hymn to Hermes because it seems so funny to read. Hermes is this little baby just running around killing tortoises, herding cattle and playing tricks and what's funnier is that when he's caught, by Maia, by Apollo, and by Zeus in his lies, he at the same time claims "Oh, I'm just a little baby I could NEVER herd cattle" and ALSO does a weird facial dance, complete with moving eyebrows and darting eyes- to imagine the scene makes one chuckle, just as both Zeus and Apollo did. Did the Ancient Greeks find the same humor in Hermes that we find now? It seems like, even though he is committing theft (considered wrong in most societies) everyone just kind of laughs it off and even likes him better for it. Either way, Hermes felt like a nice bit of comic relief after the Homeric Hymn to Apollo.Â