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The Ages of Bronze and Iron: The Trojan War (2 threads, 55 posts)
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    Author: * maia Nestor - 11 Posts on this thread out of 669 Posts sitewide.
    Date: Mar 27, 2003 - 22:48

    Hermes WAS the father of Autolykos, which made him Odysseus' great-grandfather.

    I believe there is a tenuous connection to Zeus through Laertes', O's father, but isn't it interesting how later writers played up the Hermes connection?


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