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[528] στήσασθαι, set up as the centre of a banquet where the freeing of Troy should be celebrated by libations to the gods. Cf. 9.202 “κρητῆρα καθίστα”. For the middle Paley compares Theokr. vii. 150 “κρητῆρ᾽ Ἡρακλῆϊ γέρων ἐστάσατο Χείρων. ἐλεύθερον”, only here in H. joined to another word than “ἦμαρ” (see 455). The origin of the word, and therefore its exact meaning here, are doubtful, though a vague phrase like ‘bowl of deliverance’ is near enough.

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

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