Messenger · Atlas

spoken of as

1 expression

Meletius“messenger”1 mention

For this very reason we have sent our most reverent and most genuine brother and fellow-worker in the Gospel, Meletius, my fellow-presbyter, who will set before you the longing we have for you and the care we feel for your souls;

letter 226 ¶

in the texts

Iphigenia in AulisClassical · Greek

An unnamed messenger who arrives ahead of Clytemnestra's party to announce their arrival at Aulis.

Messenger:

iphigenia in aulis ¶

or has king Agamemnon from fond yearning summoned his daughter here?

iphigenia in aulis ¶

Come, then, begin the rites, that is the next step, by getting the baskets ready;

iphigenia in aulis ¶

HippolytusClassical · Greek

Unnamed palace servant who discovers and reports Phaedra's suicide by hanging.

Messenger:

chapter 42 ¶

Messenger:

hippolytus ¶

Messenger:

hippolytus ¶

LettersLate Antiquity · Greek

Presbyter sent by Basil to visit the ascetics under his charge.

For this very reason we have sent our most reverent and most genuine brother and fellow-worker in the Gospel, Meletius, my fellow-presbyter, who will set before you the longing we have for you and the care we feel for your souls;

letter 226 ¶

BacchaeClassical · Greek

A herdsman from Mount Kithairon who reports at length the miraculous rites and violent frenzy of the Theban Bacchae.

Pentheus:

bacchae ¶

Pentheus:

bacchae ¶

Messenger:

bacchae ¶

ElectraClassical · Greek

A servant of Orestes who reports the killing of Aegisthus at the sacrificial feast in a long narrative speech.

Messenger:

electra ¶

Messenger:

electra ¶

he chose Pylades as an assistant in the work and drove back the servants;

electra ¶

HelenClassical · Greek

An old servant of Menelaos who brings news from the shipwrecked comrades and reports the phantom Helen's disappearance into the sky.

Messenger:

helen ¶

Messenger:

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Messenger:

helen ¶

HeracleidaeClassical · Greek

A distinct messenger who brings the bound Eurystheus onstage and explains to Alcmena the Athenian rulers' decision to spare captives taken alive.

Alcmena:

heracleidae ¶

Alcmena:

heracleidae ¶

Alcmena:

heracleidae ¶

IonClassical · Greek

A household servant, distinct from the Old Servant, who rushes in to warn the Chorus that the poisoning plot has been discovered and then narrates the entire banquet scene in a long messenger speech.

Servant:

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Servant:

ion ¶

Servant:

ion ¶

PhoenissaeClassical · Greek

Unnamed attendant(s) who report first the battle at the seven gates to Jocasta, and later the brothers' duel and the deaths of Jocasta, Eteocles, and Polyneices to Creon.

Messenger:

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Messenger:

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Messenger:

phoenissae ¶

SuppliantsClassical · Greek

An escaped prisoner and former servant of Capaneus who reports Theseus's victory and the recovery and burial of the Argive dead.

Adrastus:

suppliants ¶

Adrastus:

suppliants ¶

Adrastus:

suppliants ¶

AntigoneClassical · Greek

The herald who reports the deaths of Haemon and Eurydice and narrates the events at the tomb.

Creon:

antigone ¶

Creon:

antigone ¶

Creon:

antigone ¶

Oedipus at ColonusClassical · Greek

The Messenger is the dramatic reporter who narrates Oedipus' mysterious end and the arrival of the mourning daughters.

Messenger:

oedipus at colonus ¶

But when we had gone off, very soon we looked back and saw that Oedipus was nowhere any more and our lord was alone, holding his hand in front of his face to screen his eyes, as if he had seen some terrifying sight, one that no one could endure to behold.

oedipus at colonus ¶

Chorus: Where are his daughters and the escort of their friends?

oedipus at colonus ¶