[222] χάλκεον, i.e. unwearied, perhaps with the added idea of ringing quality suggested by the trumpet above; cf. “χαλκεόφωνος” 5.785, and “χάλκεον ἦτορ” 2.490. On the form An.remarks “ἀμέτρως ὁ Ζηνόδοτος ὄπα χαλκέην, οὐ συνεὶς ὅτι παραπλήσιόν ἐστι τὸ σχῆμα τῶι “κλυτὸς Ἱπποδάμεια”” (2.742, q.v.) “καὶ “θερμὸς ἀυτμή”” (Hym. Merc. 110). The reading of Zen., though not necessary, cannot be dismissed with a mere “ἀμέτρως” while the text contains numerous forms like “χρυσέην, χαλκέωι” etc., scanned with synizesis.
