Come wreak his loss, whom bootless ye complain.

This is an allusion to Hermes as the guide of souls, the psychopomp; an important element of Hermes' nature that receives only this scant mention in the Hymn. To understand Hermes as psychopomp we must get to the root of the Hermes of life and death.

She single-handedly organized the whole event, and even set up all the chairs herself.

He got done for speeding.