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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[Hermathena]] or [[Hermathene]], [[terminal]] [[bust]] (cf. Ἑρμῆς <span class="bibl">1.2</span>) with head of [[Athena]], <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>1.1.5</span>, <span class="bibl">1.4.3</span>; so of busts with heads of other divinities, of Eros, Ἑρμ-έρως, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>36.33</span> (pl.); of Heracles, Ἑρμ-ηρακλῆς, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>1.10.3</span>, <span class="title">Milet.</span>1(7) No.305; of Pan, cf. [[Ἑρμόπαν]]. (<span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>1.4.3</span> appears to explain <span class="title">Hermathena</span> as a Janus-like bust of Hermes and Athena; this is perh. a pun, but cf. Ἑρμῆς <span class="bibl">1.2</span>.)</span>