Herodotus' Histories

Hermippos

Family: unknown · Role: messenger · First appears: Book 6 · §1–11

Book 6 · §1–11

  • with Histiaios (Hermippos acted as Histiaios's messenger.) “After this Histiaios acting through a messenger, namely Hermippos a man of Atarneus, sent papers to the Persians who were at Sardis, implying that he had already talked matters over with them about a revolt”
  • with Artaphrenes (Artaphrenes instructed Hermippos to deliver the papers and bring back the replies.) “He then, perceiving all that was being done, bade Hermippos bear the papers sent by Histiaios and deliver them to those to whom he was sent to bear them, and to deliver to him the replies sent back by the Persians to Histiaios.”

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