Herodotus Quotes About Rain

• Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. [The Motto Of The U.S. Postal Service]

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  Herodotus (2008). “The Histories”, p.718, OUP Oxford

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• These 'messengers' will not be hindered from accomplishing at their best speed the distance which they have to go, either by snow, or rain, or heat, or by the darkness of night.

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  Herodotus (1862). “The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious Notes and Appendices, Illustrating the History and Geography of Herodotus, from the Most Recent Sources of Information; and Embodying the Chief Results, Historical and Ethnographical, which Have Been Obtained in the Progress of Cuneiform and Hieroglyphical Discovery”, p.279

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• Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.

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  "The Histories". Book by Herodotus, Book 8,

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• It is said that as many days as there are in the whole journey, so many are the men and horses that stand along the road, each horse and man at the interval of a days journey; and these are stayed neither by snow nor rain nor heat nor darkness from accomplishing their appointed course with all speed.

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  Herodotus (1961). “Herodotus”, Loeb Classical Library

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