Note 43 — Chapter III · - RATIO OF HUMAN PROGRESS.

In addition to the articles enumerated in the previous notes the following may be added from the Iliad as further illustrations of the progress then made: The shuttle κερκίς.—xxii, 448: the loom ἱστός.—xxii, 440: a woven fillet πλεκτὴ ἀναδέσμη.—xxii, 469: silver basin ἀργύρεος κρητήρ.—xxiii, 741: goblet, or drinking cup δέπας.—xxiv, 285: golden goblet χρύσεον δέπας.—xxiv, 285: basket, made of reeds, κάνεον.—xxiv, 626: ten talents in gold χρυσοῦ δέκα πάντα τάλαντα.—xix, 247: a harp φόρμιγξ.—ix, 186, and κίθαρα.—xiii, 731: a shepherd’s pipe σύριγξ.—xviii, 526: sickle, or pruning knife, δρεπάνη.—xviii, 551: fowler’s net πάναγρον.—v, 487: mesh of a net ἀψίς.—v, 487: a bridge γέφυρα.—v, 89: also a dike.—xxi, 245: rivets δέσμοι.—xviii, 379: the bean κύαμος.—xiii, 589: the pea ἐρέβινθος.—xiii, 589: the onion κρόμνον.—xi, 630: the grape σταφυλή.—xviii, 561: a vineyard ἀλωή.—xviii, 561: wine οἶνος.—viii, 506; x, 579: the tripod τρίπους.—ix, 122: a copper boiler or caldron λέβης.—ix, 123: a brooch ἐνετή.—xiv, 180: ear-ring τρίγληνος.—xiv, 183: a sandal or buskin πέδιλον.—xiv, 186: leather ῥινός.—xvi, 636: a gate πύλη.—xxi, 537: bolt for fastening gate ὀχεύς.—xxi, 537. And in the Odyssey: a silver basin ἀργύρεος λέβης.—i, 137: a table τράπεζα.—i, 138: golden cups χρύσεια κύπελλα.—Od., i, 142: rye or spelt ζειά.—iv, 41: a bathing tub ἀσάμινθος.—iv, 48: cheese τυρός: milk γάλα.—iv, 88: distaff or spindle ἠλακάτη.—iv, 131; vii, 105; xvii, 97: silver basket ἀργύρεος τάλαρος.—iv, 125: bread σῖτος.—iv, 623: xiv, 456: tables loaded with bread, meat and wine ἐΰξεστοι δὲ τράπεζαι σίτου καὶ κρειῶν ἠδ' οἴνου βεβρίθασιν.—xv, 333: shuttle κερκίς.—v, 62: bed λέκτρον.—viii, 337: brazier plunging an axe or adz in cold water for the purpose of tempering it

salt ἅλς.—xi, 123; xxiii, 270: bow τόξον.—xxi, 31, 53: quiver γωρυτός.—xxi, 54: sickle δρεπάνη.—xviii, 368.