Κῆρυξ
herald
Translated by David Whitehead1 Dec 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[A herald] in war, an envoy in peace.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κῆρυξ ἐν πολέμῳ, πρέσβυς ἐν εἰρήνῃ.
Betacode
*kh=ruc e)n pole/mw|, pre/sbus e)n ei)rh/nh|.
Notes
- Not classified by Adler as a proverb (or extant in the paroemiographers), but it has the look of one. In any event, it is a version of a scholion on Thucydides 1.29.1 (where the Corinthians send a herald to declare war on the Corcyreans).