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[268] 268 = 21.165. Cf. Scut. Her. 415 “οὐδ᾽ ἔρρηξεν χαλκός: ἔρυτο δὲ δῶρα θεοῖο”. The gold stands, as the most precious constituent, for the whole metallic facing of the shield. The plural δῶρα may be explained as referring to the collective sense of “χρυσός”, the parts of gold, as we might talk of a man possessing ‘plate, presents from friends.’ (The reference to the use of the plural of abstract words, H. G. § 171. 4, hardly suits here, as “δῶρα” is used in its most concrete sense.)

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

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