- cross-posted to:
- interestingshare@lemmy.zip
- hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
- cross-posted to:
- interestingshare@lemmy.zip
- hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
I’ll comment this separately because it refers to a Hacker News comment, and it’s a bit of off-topic:
While the comment that this excerpt comes from is mostly accurate, including the core claim, the Greek example is not.
This myth that Ancient Greek considered the sea “wine-coloured” comes from people lacking poetic sensibility misinterpreting excerpts of the Illiad and the Odyssey, where Homer uses the expression οἶνοψ πόντος / oînops póntos “wine-eyed sea”. Like this one:
“Wine-eyed” does not refer to the colour. Homer is calling the sea a drunkard - it’s violent, erratic, whimsy, drowsy. Mentes (actually Athena) in this excerpt is highlighting the difficulties of his travels, that involve dealing with barbarians and with a violent sea.
The same applies to other excerpts.