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[117] For the construction of the Homeric shield see App. The B. hides of which the body was formed were turned up at the outer edge of the shield to form a rim, and so prevent any friction against the edge of the metal facing. This rim is the “ἄντυξ”. Hector walks with his shield hanging — probably at his back — by the “τελαμών. ἀμφί”, on both sides, i.e. above and below (rather than ‘both ancles’; see, however, H. G. § 181). πυμάτη does not imply, as some have thought, that there was more than one “ἄντυξ”, any more than “πρῶτος ῥυμός” (40) implies more than one pole.

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

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