Hermes was usually portrayed wearing a broad - brimmed traveller ' s hat or a winged cap ( petasos or more commonly petasus ) , wearing winged sandals ( talaria ) and carrying his near eastern herald ' s staff , entwined by copulating serpents , called the kerykeion , more familiar in its latinized form , the caduceus 赫密士通常被描绘成截着宽边的施行帽或者是有翼的帽（古希腊的宽边帽或者更普通的宽边帽） ，穿上有翼凉鞋，带着作为近东使者的棒子，被连接的大毒蛇缠绕着，称为赫凯里奥，更接近于拉丁化的形式，墨兵利神的手杖。
