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Mercury is named after a god, who sent messages to and from the gods. this was Hermes god of travel.
Named after the messenger of the Roman Gods. AnswerThe English name for the planet comes from the Romans, who named it after the Roman god Mercury, which they equated with the Greek Hermes.
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∙ 12y agoMercury is the Roman name. The Greek version was named Hermes.
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∙ 9y agoMercury is the Roman god of messages, and he carried a staff with two snakes around it. His counterpart in Greek mythology is Hermes.
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∙ 14y agoMercury is the Roman god of Messages and the roads.
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What was Mercury's name in Roman mythology?
Mercury's Roman name is Mercury. And his Greek name is Hermes.
What is Mercury's Roman or Greek name?
Mercury is the Roman name; the Greek equivalent was Hermes.
Roman name of Mercury?
Mercury is this god's Roman name...his Greek equivalent is Hermes...
What is the roman god names when mercury got its name?
The Roman god is Mercury.
What is Mercury the Roman's last name?
Just Mercury.
How did Mercury git its name?
From the roman god Mercury
Why did Mercury get that name?
It was named after the Roman god Mercury.
The god Mercury was he roman or greek?
The god Mercury was Roman. His Greek name was Hermes.
Who is Hermes in Roman?
Hermes's roman name is Mercury:)
What is mercury named after or for?
Mercury is named for hermes, Mercury is hermes roman name
What is Heres'es roman name?
Do you mean Hermes? Well, his roman name is Mercury.
What was a roman messengers name?
mercury
