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

"When Mercurius first made the lyre on Mount Cyllene . . . Apollo took the lyre, and is said to have taught Orpheus on it, and after he himself had invented the cithara, he gave the lyre to Orpheus."
Pseudo-Hyginus, Astronomica 2.7

🏛 #Hermes, Orpheus, and Eurydike, marble relief, 27 BCE – 14 AD, Torre del Greco (Naples)

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