κῆρυξ , υκος: herald. The heralds convoked the
popular assembly, kept order at trials, bore as sign of their office a
staff (see cut, from an archaic relief, No. 114), which they handed
over to him who had the right to speak. They served also as messengers
of the chiefs and as their assistants in sacrifice. Epithets, θεῖοι, Διὸς ἄγγελοι, Διὶ φίλοι. κήρυκι
Ἠπυτίδῃ, Il.
17.324.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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