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[183] The adjectives are fully discussed by Helbig H. E. pp. 271-74. τρίγληνα, with three drops, see note on “γλήνη,” 8.164, and the illustrations from archaic art given by Helbig. μορόεντα is of unknown meaning. The following explanations are purely conjectural: (1) sparkling, from root “μαρ” of “μαρμαίρω”; (2) root “μερ” of “μέρ-ιμνα” etc., wrought with anxious toil; so Schol. A “πεπονημένα τῆι κατασκευῆι, ἀπὸ τοῦ μορῆσαι, ὅ ἐστι κακοπαθῆσαι” (?); (3) berry-like, from “μόρον”, mulberry; so Ernesti; (4) from “μόρα” or “μόρος” in its primitive sense part (cf. “μορίον”), hence made of many parts, elaborately built up. The old reading (“τρίγλην̓”) “ἀμορόεντα” was variously explained as ‘“ἀ” intensive’ (?) or imperishable. Brandreth conj. “τρίγλην᾽ ἱμερόεντα”. The line recurs in Od. 18.298, but throws no fresh light on the question, and earrings are not again mentioned in H.

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

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