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[590] ἀφέηι is a doubtful form, as it is the only instance of this class of aor. subjunctives with a short vowel in the sing. (cf. “ἀφήηι, ἀνήηι, θήηι”, etc.; in the plur. it is commoner, H. G. § 80). Schulze (Q. E. p. 278 n. 3) ingeniously suggests that we should write “ἀφέη” as indic. (like “ἔστη, ἔβη”), an old form supplanted by “ἀφέηκε”. Cf. 23.432δίσκου, ὅν τ᾽ αἰζηὸς ἀφῆκεν ἀνὴρ πειρώμενος ἥβης” — which further illustrates πειρώμενος here. So also “σθένεος πειρώμενος15.359. Here it seems to imply casting for a man's own satisfaction in practice as opposed to a contest.

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