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[456] ἐπημοιβοί apparently means shifting, movable from side to side. This suits the use of 6.339 “ἐπαμείβεται”; cf. Od. 14.513 “ἐπημοιβοὶ χιτῶνες”, changes of tunics, the only other instance of the adj. in H. Two such horizontal drawbars across the top and bottom of the gate may have been strengthened by a vertical bolt. But the ancients seem to have understood the phrase to mean cross-bars in the shape of an Χ, with the “κληΐς” at the intersection. We have no material for decision. A different arrangement is given in 24.453, where the door of Achilles' hut is held by a single “ἐπιβλής”, apparently identical with the “κληΐς”.

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

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