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[90] ἀραιή, according to Aristarch. and Herod. should be written “ἁραιή”, for which Bekk. ii. gives “ϝαραιή”. The derivation is uncertain. Herod. (Et. Mag.) connects it with “ῥαίω”, and others refer it to “ἀρή” (damnum). Döderl. groups it with “ἀρημένος” and “ἀράσσω”, as if it meant ‘broken away till only a small portion was left.’

Eustath. says on the whole description, “τὸ δὲ στενὸν τῆς κατὰ τὸν λιμένα εἰσόδου τὸν πολὺν ὄλεθρον τῶν τοῦ Ὀδυσσέως νηῶν πιθανολογεῖ: οὐκ εἶχον γὰρ διεκδῦναι τῆς στενότητος”.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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