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[386] ἄητο, either mid., breathed in two directions, or pass., was blown about by gusts of passion (cf. Od. 6.131 “ὑόμενος καὶ ἀήμενος”, in the literal sense). The latter gives the better sense, and is supported by “ἀεσίφρων” 20.183, 23.603; cf. 3.108 “ὁπλοτέρων ἀνδρῶν φρένες ἠερέθονται”. For the former the nearest analogy is perhaps the phrase “μένεα πνείοντες”. In Scut. Herc. 8, Hymn. Cer. 276, the word seems to be used of the wafting of fragrance.
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