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[373] For the tripods with wheels see Helbig H. E. pp. 108 (n. 13), 347, and compare the “τάλαρος ὑπόκυκλος” of Helen, Od. 4.131. The wheels are found in ancient Phoenician monuments; cf. also 1 Kings vii. 27-38 every base had four brazen wheels. The tripods are perhaps meant to carry trays and serve as tables at the feasts of the gods; the “μέγαρον” and “δῶμα” (377) are those of Hephaistos. πυθμ́ην is here = leg (cf. the use of the word in 11.635 and see App. E), he put golden wheels (one) under each leg.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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