Ἡμεροδρόμος
courier, long-distance runner
Translated by Catharine Roth27 Aug 2006Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the sun. Those who serve the orders of the king most quickly are also called this.1
"The hemerodromoi are young men, a little older than ephebes, near to their first beards, who minister to needs like these -- carrying bows and arrows, javelins and (?)fire-projecting stones2 -- nothing more. For these things are useful to them for travel by road."3
"The hemerodromoi are young men, a little older than ephebes, near to their first beards, who minister to needs like these -- carrying bows and arrows, javelins and (?)fire-projecting stones2 -- nothing more. For these things are useful to them for travel by road."3