| 1 | The winged messenger of the Olympians, Hermes was the son of Zeus and Maia. | |
| 2 | He arrived in Olympia, Washington to work as a houseboy in exchange for English lessons. | |
| 3 | Olympia is the only Washington city that made it on to this list -- based on average broadband speed. | |
| 4 | He lived for a time in Olympia, where he was a page in the state legislature, and in Washington, D.C. as a Congressional page. | |
| 5 | The Olympic flame is still lit in Olympia and carried to the site of the games by a series of torchbearers. |