Mercury. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002

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The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. 2002.

Mercury


The Roman name of Hermes, the messenger of the Greek and Roman gods.	1
‡ The planet nearest the sun is named Mercury. It moves swiftly in its orbit like the messenger of the gods.	2

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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