The Caduceus and the Winged Sandals are Hermes's two most iconic attributes, both carried when he undertakes missions as messenger of the gods in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
After Perseus beheaded Medusa, the Winged Sandals allowed him to outpace Stheno and Euryale, the immortal Gorgons who pursued him in fury over their sister's death.
Perseus was given the Winged Sandals by the nymphs of the North to aid his quest to slay the Gorgon Medusa, granting him the power of flight.
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