αἰθήρ,έρος, in Hom. alwaysἡ;in Hes. and Att. Prose alwaysὁ;in Lyr. and Trag. mostlyὁ, as always in A. , butἡ
Pi. O. 1.6 , B. 8.35 , S. OT 867 , and freq. in E. : (αἴθω):—in Hom. ,
A. ether, the heaven(wrongly distinguished by Aristarch. fromἀήρ(q.v.) asupperfrom lowerair); δι' ἠέρος αἰθέρ' ἵκανεν
Il. 14.288
; [ Ζεὺς] αἰθέρι ναίων
2.412
, Hes. Op. 18 ; νόμοι δι' αἰθέρα τεκνωθέντες
S. OT 867
; αἰθὴρ μὲν ψυχὰς ὑπεδέξατο σώματα δὲ χθών
IG 1.442
, cf. E. Supp. 533 ; of thesky, both cloudless, νήνεμος αἰ.
Il. 8.556
, and clouded, ἐν αἰθέρι καὶ νεφέλῃσι
15.192
, cf. 16.365 ; freq. in Trag., etc., A. Pr. 1044 , 1088 , Pers. 365 , E. Ba. 150 ;αἰ. ζοφερός, ἀχλυόεις,