ἀγγελία — message · Greek word G0031

A message, tidings, as well the substance as the conveyance thereof, Il. 18.17, Od. 2.30, etc.; ἀ. λέγουσα τάδε Hdt. 2.114; ἀγγελίην φάτο, ἀπόφασθε, ἀπέειπε, Il. 18.17, 9.422, 7.416; φέρειν 15.174; πέμπειν Hdt. 2.114; ἐσπέμπειν 3.69; τὰς ἀ. ἐσφέρειν 1.114, 3.77:-ἐμὴ ἀ. a report of me, concerning me, Il. 19.337; ἀ. τινός a message about a person or thing, ἀγγελίην πατρὸς φέρει ἐρχομένοιο news of thy father’s coming, Od. 1.408; ἀνέρος αἴθονος ἀ. S. Aj. 222; ἀ. τῆς Χίου ἀφικνεῖται Th. 8.15; ἦλθε ἀ. τῶν πόλεων ὅτι ἀφεστᾶσι Id. 1.61: ἀ. ἦλθον ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων X. Cyr. 6.2.14; with Verbs of motion, ἀγγελίην ἐλθεῖν Il. 11.140: Ep. in gen., τευ ἀγγελίης.. ἤλυθες Il. 13.252; ἀγγελίης οἴχνεσκε 15.640; ἤλυθε σεῦ ἕνεκ’ ἀγγελίης (i.e. ἀγγελίης σοῦ ἕνεκα) 3.206; ἀγγελίης πωλεῖται Hes. Th. 781:—wrongly expl. by Sch. Il., Apollon. Lex. as a masc. Subst. ἀγγελίης.

2 announcement, proclamation, Pi. P. 2.4: command, order, h.Cer. 448, Pi. O. 3.28, cf. Od. 5.150, 7.263.

3 Ἀ. personified as daughter of Hermes, Pi. O. 8.82.

II messenger, Ἶρις ἀ. v.l. Hes. Th. 781.