Both Uses of
embassy
in
The Iliad by Homer - (translated by: Edward)
- THE EMBASSY TO ACHILLES.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- Dear friend, remember now th' injunctions giv'n
By old Menoetius, when from Phthian land
He sent thee forth to Agamemnon's aid:
I, and Laertes' godlike son, within,
Heard all his counsel; to the well-built house
Of Peleus we on embassy had come,
Throughout Achaia's fertile lands to raise
The means of war; Menoetius there we found,
Achilles, and thyself within the house;
While in the court-yard aged Peleus slew,
And to the Lord of thunder offer'd up
A fatten'd steer; and from a golden bowl
O'er the burnt-off'ring pour'd the ruddy wine.†Chpt 2.11
Definition:
an ambassador and staff who live in a country to represent their home country; or the building where they work