Hermes (full title: Hermes: Zeitschrift für classische Philologie; Hermes: Bulletin for Classical Philology) is a German periodical specialising in classical studies.

Its founding in 1866 was led by the ancient historian Theodor Mommsen,[2] who co-founded the publication with Adolf Kirchhoff and Rudolf Hercher.

[3][4] Its first editor, from 1866 until 1881, was the philologist Emil Hübner:[5] most of its early contributors, including Hübner, were pupils of the Plautine scholar Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl.

[6] As of 2024, it is edited by Hans Beck, Martin Hose and Claudia Schindler.

[1] On its release, the German scholar Wilhelm Wagner praised Hermes as a worthy rival to the Rheinisches Museum für Philologie, the oldest and then the dominant classical journal in the German-speaking world.