[458] δίπτυχα is variously taken as an adverb analogous in form to “διχθά”, or as the adverbial neut. plur. of “δίπτυχος”. It is better to take it as a metaplastic form of the accusative, as if from “δίπτυξ”, compare “δίπτυχα λώπην” Apoll. Rhod. 2. 32. With the form, compare “ὑπόβρυχα” Od.5. 319.The phrase may be illustrated by Il.23. 243“δίπλακι δημῷ”, and Soph. Ant.1010“καταῤῥυεῖς”
“μηροὶ καλυπτῆς ἐξέκειντο πιμελῆς”. Upon these lumps, thus prepared for burning, they laid raw slices (“ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν ὠμοθέτησαν”), cut from various parts of the carcase. See Hom. Od.14. 428“ὁ δ᾽ ὠμοθέτεῖτο συβώτης”“πάντων ἀρχόμενος μελέων ἐς πίονα δημόν”.
