Herodotus, in about 440 BC, describes the
Chapar Khaneh in
the Histories. His description of the Royal Road and the various
Chapar Khanehs along it is in Book V: In Book VIII, he describes the messengers: A sentence of this description of the , translated as "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds," is
famously inscribed on the
James A. Farley Building in
New York City, former main
United States Postal Service branch in New York City. == See also ==