envoy
ὦ δυσπάλαιστον γῆρας, ὡς μισῶ σ' ἔχων, μισῶ δ' ὅσοι χρῄζουσιν ἐκτείνειν βίον, βρωτοῖσι καὶ ποτοῖσι καὶ μαγεύμασι παρεκτρέποντες ὀχετὸν ὥστε μὴ θανεῖν: οὓς χρῆν, ἐπειδὰν μηδὲν ὠφελῶσι γῆν, θανόντας ἔρρειν κἀκποδὼν εἶναι νέοις → Old age, resistless foe, how do I loathe your presence! Them too I loathe, whoever desire to lengthen out the span of life, seeking to turn the tide of death aside by food and drink and magic spells; those whom death should take away to leave the young their place, when they no more can benefit the world
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
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Ambassador: P. πρεσβευτής, ὁ, Ar. and V. πρέσβυς, ὁ. Envoys: P. and V. πρέσβεις. οἱ, V. πρεσβεύματα, τά. Messenger: P. and V. ἄγγελος, ὁ or ἡ, V. πομπός, ὁ. Envoy sent to consult an oracle or to a festival: P. and V. θεωρός, ὁ, V. θεοπρόπος, ὁ. Go as envoy to a shrine or festival, v.: P. θεωρεῖν (Thuc., 5, 18). Sending of envoys to a shrine: P. θεωρία, ἡ. Go between: P. διάγγελος. ὁ.
