![]() ![]() Undeceived, but amused by the child's boldness and wit, Zeus instead forced him to compensate Apollo, which Hermes did by presenting him with the lyre. When brought before his father on Mount Olympus, Hermes attempted to charm Zeus into letting him go by telling him he was just an innocent newborn baby. He even thought of a clever way to cover up his crime: tying bundles of grass to the cows' feet and leading them backward out of the pasture to make it look like something had been led into the pasture but not away from it.īaby Hermes stealing Apollo's cattle in Percy Jackson's Greek Godsĭespite this, Apollo found out and went to Zeus for justice. (The god's place of birth was, according to many sources, Mount Cyllene in northeastern Arcadia). Being a god, he matured rapidly and within a few minutes of his birth stole the cattle of Apollo and invented the lyre. Hermes was born sometime after the First Titanomachy, the son of Zeus, king of the gods, and the Pleiad Maia. History Birth and Abducting Apollo's Cattle
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