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[81] ἐπ᾽ ἄλλῳ κ.τ.λ.: 'the sound of blow after blow echoes unceasingly.'

ἄηται: ἐξηχεῖται, ἀκούεται. Schol.; it properly means 'is tossed or wafted by the wind' (cf. Od. 6. 131). The verb is used metaphorically in Il. 21. 386, δίχα θυμὸς ἄητο 'tossed to and fro'; cf. Ap. 3. 688, θυμὸς ἄηται. See also on 3. 288.


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