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[126] δίπλακα, large enough to be worn double; cf. 10.134, 24.230, Od. 13.224, Od. 19.226. It is opposed to the smaller “ἁπλοΐς” 24.230, Od. 24.276 (see Studniczka Beitr. p. 73). ἐνέπασσεν, as 22.441; the word is used in connexion with weaving in a way which shews that the art was so highly developed in early days as to permit of the weaving of pictures. This was presumably done by inserting coloured threads by hand as the weaving went on, as the Indian carpet-weaver makes his patterns by inserting tufts of coloured wool. One cannot but be reminded of the Bayeux tapestry, on which the ladies of Normandy embroidered their duke's victories.

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

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