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.
3. Ἀ. personified as daughter of Hermes, Pi. O.8.82.
II. messenger, Ἶρις ἀ. v.l. Hes.Th.781.