[3] θῶκόνδε καθίζανον. This is the ordinary daily gathering of the gods in the hall of Zeus. In the same sense we have “θεῶν ἕδεα” Il.1. 533; compare also Il.4. 1“οἱ δὲ θεοὶ πὰρ Ζηνὶ καθήμενοι ἠγορόωντο”
“χρυσέῳ ἐν δαπέδῳ”. The summoning of a special assembly is described in distinctly different terms, as in Il.8. 2“Ζεὺς δὲ θεῶν ἀγορὴν ποιήσατο . . αὐτὸς δέ σφ᾽ ἀγόρευε”, Il.20. 4“Ζεὺς δὲ Θέμιστα κέλευσε θεοὺς ἀγορήνδε καλέσσαι . . ἡ δ᾽ ἄρα πάντῃ”“φοιτήσασα κέλευσε Διὸς πρὸς δῶμα νέεσθαι”. With the construction “θῶκόνδε καθίζανον” cp. Od.4. 51“ἔς ῥα θρόνους ἕζοντο”, ‘they went to their seats and sate down:’ but “θῶκος” or “θόωκος” is rather the ‘session’ than the ‘seat;’ compare Od.2. 26“οὔτ᾽ ἀγορὴ οὔτε θόωκος”, where “θόωκος” is equivalent to “βουλή”.
