Things Learned Between Stops: Mercurial Fashions & Accessories

The God of Messengers, Mercury (Hermes to the Greeks) wore a snazzy hat called a PETASOS, adorned with wings, as modeled here on Presto the Metro Penguin.

Mercury also is frequently depicted as wearing winged shoes.

On the evidence, Mercury had an obsessive focus on style that required wings on everything, or he wouldn’t wear it at all.

 
Mercury carried a (winged) snaky scepter called a CADUCEUS, the traditional staff of Heralds & Messengers.

The impressive image of the caduceus, two snakes intertwined around a rod surmounted with wings, has been appropriated as a logo by various modern Medical Institutions, who’ve confused it with the ROD of ASCLEPIUS, which is a stick with one measly snake tied around it.

Metro Delivery respectfully calls for the restoration of the caduceus to the Couriers, who are its rightful bearers.