[202] καπνόν. It is impossible to explain this, as some modern commentators, by ‘spray;’ for which Homer has a very appropriate word in “ἄχνη” Od.5. 403; inf. 238. καπνός takes up the πυρὸς ὀλόοιο θύελλαι sup. 68; but in the day time these would appear only as smoke, cp. Pind. Pyth.1. 20 foll. “Αἴτνα . . τᾶς ἐρεύγονται μὲν ἀπλάτου πυρὸς ἁγνόταται”
“ἐκ μυχῶν παγαί: ποταμοὶ δ᾽ ἁμέραισιν μὲν προχέοντι ῥόον καπνοῦ”“αἴθων̓, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ὄρφναισιν πέτρας”
“φοίνισσα κυλινδομένα φλὸξ ἐς βαθεῖαν φέρει πόντου πλάκα σὺν πατάγῳ”.