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[773] καῖε: so Ar.; MSS. “ἔκηε”, which is obviously inferior. τερπικεραύνωι, ‘hurler of the thunderbolt,’ from “τερπ-” = “τρεπ-” by metathesis, root tark, Virgil's ‘qui fulmina torquet.’ This explanation, given by G. Meyer in Curtius St. vii. 180, is far preferable to the ordinary ‘rejoicing in the thunderbolt.’ There is no other instance in Homer of such a ‘subjective’ epithet of a god; “ἰοχέαιρα”, which has been compared, is of course from “χέω”, not “χαίρω”. Meyer further points out that if “τερπι-” came from “τέρπω” it should mean ‘making glad the thunderbolt.’ Cf. H. G. § 124 b.

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

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