“And jealous now of me, you gods, because I befriend a man, one I saved as he straddled the keel alone, when Zeus had blasted and shattered his swift ship with a bright lightning bolt, out on the wine-dark sea.”—Homer, The Odyssey, Book V Perception is a funny beast. Homer’s “wine-dark sea” has puzzled scholars … Continue reading The Wine-Dark Sea: Color and Perception in the Ancient World by Erin Hoffman