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[407] δινωτ́ην, see note on 3.391. The word here probably refers to concentric rings as ornaments on the metallic surface of the shield. For the κανόνες see App. B, i. 1. They are commonly taken to be handles, “πόρπακες”, but these were rings or loops, to which the word “κανών” could hardly be applied. The invention of such handles was ascribed to the Karians; they are quite inconsistent with the great Mykenaean shield, and can only have come in with the small round target of later days.

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

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