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[70] ὑπερτερίῃ. The Scholl. interpret this of a box for baggage. In this sense it may be compared with “πείρινθα”, which is similarly affixed to an “ἄμαξα”, Od.15. 131; Il.24. 267.Others take it as meaning a movable ‘hood’ or ‘awning’ to protect the passengers from the sun or rain. The word itself, meaning ‘upper - works’ (“ὑπέρτερος”), gives no clue; but perhaps the participle ἀραρυῖαν suggests something forming a part, though a movable part, of the cart, and so makes the signification ‘awning’ somewhat more likely.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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