He often carries a caduceus (or Herald's Staff) and wears Winged Boots/Sandles and a Winged Traveler's Hat (called a petasus). From Wordnik.com. [Kuklas Korner] Reference
It is a statuette, apparently of gold, or, more probably, of bronze-gilt — a figure of Mercury, obviously, its head being surmounted with the petasus or winged hat, the usual accessory of that deity. From Wordnik.com. [A Changed Man] Reference
AFP/Getty Images Brad Pitt Among the first hats distinguished by having a brim was the felt petasus or petasos of the Greeks and Romans, which tied under the chin, according to menswear historian Andy Gilchrist. From Wordnik.com. [The Latest Hat Craze] Reference
Egina marbles, and have something of the same effect: the small round hat is in the form of Mercury's petasus; and the shoes and gaiters of the greater number are excellently adapted to defend the legs and feet in riding through the thickets. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
Fetch me a petasus, and lay the toga in the chariot. From Wordnik.com. [The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2)] Reference
His petasus is slung at his back, meaning that the clouds are not yet opened or expanded in the sky. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870] Reference
His trousers were of moleskin; his boots reached almost to his knees; for head-covering he had the cheapest kind of undyed felt, its form exactly that of the old petasus. From Wordnik.com. [The Nether World] Reference
Under an oilskin hat, like the petasus of Hermes, pushed back from his white forehead, crisp black curls were knotted around a head whose beardless face was perfect as a cameo cutting. From Wordnik.com. [The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales] Reference
Hermes, as the cumulus cloud at mid-day, wearing his petasus heightened to a cone, and holding a flower in his right hand; indicating the nourishment of the flowers by the rain from the heat cloud. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on Art Delivered before the University of Oxford in Hilary term, 1870] Reference
Then, gathering up her long, thick hair, she confined it close above her head, drawing down upon it the hat that lay beside the cloak -- a broad-brimmed Greek petasus, admirably adapted for concealment as well as protection. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion's Brood] Reference
Forms: 15 - petasus, 18 - petasos. From Wordnik.com. [Medallion Vulcan | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
(1854) 1 9 The dress. .consists of boots,. .a scarf .., and a petasus tied under the chin. From Wordnik.com. [Medallion Vulcan | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles] Reference
And rifle him; or pawn his petasus. From Wordnik.com. [Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter and Some Poems] Reference
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