Talaria

[1] In ancient Greek literature, the sandals of Hermes are first of all mentioned by Homer (ἀμβρόσια χρύσεια; ambrósia khrýseia, "immortal/divine and of gold"), though not described as "winged".

[1][5] The Homeric hymn to Hermes from a somewhat later date (520 BC) does not explicitly state the sandals were winged, though they allowed him to leave no footprints while committing his theft of Apollo's cattle.

[11] In the case of the talaria worn by the swift runner Atalanta (Ovid, Metamorphoses X.591) some translators in the past steered away from recognizing them as footwear, and chose to regard them as "long robes, reaching to the ankle", starting with Planudes in the 14th century.

[12] But there are "insuperable" reasons against this "robes" interpretation, for Ovid clearly states in the foregoing passages that Atalanta had disrobed[a] to engage in the foot-race.

[16] In Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, the talaria is a pair of sneakers worn by Grover Underwood.

A 19th-century engraving of talaria.
One of the oldest known representations: [ 2 ] Perseus , wearing the talaria and carrying the kibisis over his shoulder, turns his head to kill Medusa on this Orientalizing relief pithos , c. 660 BC , Louvre .
In this 13th century illumination, Mercury (on the right) is mostly naked and has feather-like wings on his head and legs.