From: G&P
Message: 66843
Date: 2010-11-06
>Could someone please
tell me what original ancient greek word the english "herald" is
translated from, in Homers Odyssey?
(Od. 2.6 and 2.37)
ke:rux
Later this meant a herald in our sense. In Homer it has a much wider range of meanings. Sometimes heralds announce stuff, sometimes they act as minor officials, sometimes they are more like body-servants or domestic servants.
Peter