conducting
From LSJ
Μισῶ σοφιστήν, ὅστις οὐχ αὑτῷ σοφός → I hate the sage who is not wise for himself → Odi professum sapere, qui sibi non sapit → Den Weisen hass' ich, der in eigner Sache Tor
escorting on the way: V. πόμπιμος, πομπαῖος, εὔπομπος.
conducting the souls of the dead: V. ψυχοπομπός.