person
Talthybius
also: Ταλθύβιος
Agamemnon's herald, sent with Eurybates to take Briseis from Achilles' tent in Book 1 and to fetch sacrificial animals for the truce in Book 3.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §1.318 Talthybius
Agamemnon's chief herald, paired with Eurybates; sent to take Briseis from Achilles's hut in Book 1 and recurring through the poem on Agamemnon's errands.