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[169] καταλοφάδεια, properly an accusat. plur. used adverbially, formed from “κατά” and “λόφος”, as “κατωμάδιος” ( Il.23. 431) from “κατά” and “ὦμος”. The adverbial “κατωμαδόν” Curtius takes as a later form ( Il.15. 352). Translate, ‘carrying it on my neck I went to the ship, leaning on my spear, for it was no way possible (οὔ πως ἦεν) to carry it on the shoulder with one hand, for it was a huge beast.’ The four feet are tied together with the “πεῖσμα”, and Odysseus puts his head through the loop thus formed, so that the stag's body rests on his neck, the feet hanging down in front. The Schol. supposes him to lean with both hands on his spear-shaft, but it is more likely that he holds the spear in his right, and steadies the legs of the stag with his left.

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

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