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[84] διάκτορος. Eustath. ad l. interprets this as “ὁ διάγων τὰς ἀγγελίας”. Buttm. Lexil. p. 230 combats this, and refers the word to “διάκω”, i.e. “διώκω”, making it = runner, cp. “διάκονος”. Nitzsch retains the derivation from “διάγω”, in the sense of “πέμπειν”, ‘to conduct.’ Cp. the act of Hermes in withdrawing Ares from the battle, Il.5. 390; and conducting Heracles on his quest of Cerberus, Od.11. 625.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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