Ἑρμαθήνη
Ἑρμαθήνη, terminal bust
Ἑρμ-ᾰθήνη, ἡ,
- terminal bust (cf. Ἑρμῆς I.2) with head of Athena, Cic. Att. 1.1.5, 1.4.3; so of busts with heads of other divinities, of Eros, Ἑρμ-έρως, Plin. HN 36.33 (pl.); of Heracles, Ἑρμ-ηρακλῆς, Cic. Att. 1.10.3, Milet. 1(7) No.305; of Pan, cf. Ἑρμόπαν. (Cic. Att. 1.4.3 appears to explain Hermathena as a Janus-like bust of Hermes and Athena; this is perh. a pun, but cf. Ἑρμῆς I.2.)
Ἑρμ·αθήνη, ης (ἡ) [ᾰ] tête d’Athèna, posée sur un cippe, comme les hermès, Cic. Att. 1, 1 et 4.
Étym. Ἑρμῆς, Ἀθήνη.