Envoy
group · 3 works · 3 mentions · 5 anchored passages
envoy · messenger · envoys · herald
spoken of as
1 expressionEnvoys1 mention
Anabasis (Greek)
Even the hostile peoples who dwelt near by began now to send envoys to Xenophon—for they heard that he was the man who was making a city of the place—to ask what they must do in order to be his friends;
in the texts
Manusmṛti
The royal representative responsible for diplomacy, alliance-making, and intelligence.
and on the envoy, peace and its opposite.
For it is the envoy who makes alliances and who breaks up those who are allied;
An envoy who is loyal, pure, skillful, of good memory, who knows the proper place and time, who is handsome, fearless, and eloquent is praised for a king.
Anabasis
Representatives sent by neighbouring peoples to negotiate friendship with Xenophon.
Even the hostile peoples who dwelt near by began now to send envoys to Xenophon—for they heard that he was the man who was making a city of the place—to ask what they must do in order to be his friends;
Cyropaedia
Message-bearers used for tactical orders and formal diplomacy.
This message he entrusted to the herald and sent him away.
Accordingly, the messenger went away to deliver this message.
And when they were all on the road, he sent some horsemen to Chrysantas to say that they were now all on the way;