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FUN FACT (apropos of nothing): in Ancient Greek times, 'blue' did not exist. Usually we name colours black and white (or light and dark), then yellow and green in whatever order, then blue. Orange is very new.

In the Odyssey, which takes place on the ocean most of the time, the sea is bronze.

Matt 8mo ago

You learn something new every day. Seems quite mad, considering the size of the Greek language, but that way of categorising colours seems really odd to me on first read through.

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Dave W 8mo ago

It gets wackier because it occurred to me later that I'm actually wrong, it's the SKY which is bronze. The sea is the colour of wine.

Matt 8mo ago

I wanted to learn Greek when I was young, I learned a little, this would have been fascinating

Dave W 8mo ago

My classics teacher loved Ancient Greek so much that he ran a class before school for anyone who wanted to learn it. Didn’t ask for any money, just wanted to teach it. Loved it.