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Hermes, wishing to know how highly people esteemed him, took on human form and went to a sculptor’s workshop. Seeing a statue of Zeus, he asked its price. “One drachma,” the sculptor replied. Hermes laughed and asked how much the statue of Hera cost. On hearing that it cost still more, he noticed a statue of himself and supposed that, since he was both the messenger of the gods and the bringer of profit, people must value him very highly. So Hermes asked the price of his own statue as well. “Why, if you buy those two,” said the sculptor, “I’ll throw this one in for nothing.” The fable suits a conceited man whom others hold in no esteem.