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[109] κέρα, i.e. “κέρἀ” for “κέραα” or “κέραε. ἑκκαιδεκάδωρα”: “δῶρον καλεῖται ὁ παλαιστής, ὅ ἐστιν ἔκτασις τῶν τῆς χειρὸς τεσσάρων δακτύλων”, i.e. a palm, four fingers' breadth, or about three inches. The horns would then be four feet long, which appears to be beyond the recorded size of the horns of the ibex, and would obviously make an unwieldy bow; hence either H. is exaggerating, or he means that the united length of the two was sixteen palms, which would be rather small. “δῶρον” in this sense seems not to recur, but we have Arkad. “δάρις: σπιθαμή” (Hesych.; cf. Albanian dore, hand?); some have suggested that it may mean the rings on the horns, by which the animal's age is known.

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

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