Note 267 — ARRIAN ON COURSING.
William Dansey translation
Ἑρμῇ. Mercury is here introduced in one of his most creditable capacities, as the author of letters, and the god of orators and eloquence:
Francis’s Horace. B. i. Od. x.
The god of wit, from Atlas sprung, Who by persuasive power of tongue And graceful exercise refined The savage race of human kind!
Artemidori Oneirocrit. L. ii. c. 37.
Ἑρμῆς ἀγαθὸς τοῖς ἐπὶ λόγους ὁρμωμένοις, καὶ ἀθληταῖς, καὶ παιδοτρίβαις, κ. τ. λ.