However Hermes was a god much loved by the Greeks. He was very cunning, resourceful, a punctual and full of resources messenger. Since his birth he showed exceptional gifts: he was born in the morning, went out at noon and he found a tortoise which he killled at once. Then he used its shell to make the lyre. The same day he stole fifty oxen of Apoll, which he took away making them walk backwards to confuse others' ideas.
