διὰ λαμπροτάτου βαίνοντες ἁβρῶς αἰθέρος → passing lightly through clear-shining air (Euripides, Medea 829)
Use copper, iron, silver, gold, etc.
metals: P. μεταλλεῖα, τά (Plato, Leges 678D; cf., Plato, Critias, 114E).
molten metal: V. μύδρος, ὁ.