> White-history.com? That's a scary domain name...
Esp'ly since that latest genetic science proves that the "white race" is
a myth, a social construct dating to the 19th century's Social Darwinism,
eugenics, WASP anti-immigrant sentiments, etc.
Scarier is the StormFront website...
> On 10/23/08, R A Brown <ray@...> wrote:
>> Eldin Raigmore wrote:
>>> On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:48:40 +0200, Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...>
>>> wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>> Homer used various epithets to characterise his gods and other
>>>> characters, and some of them were about hair colour. It won't take
>>>> you long to find them in the Iliad at least.
>>>> LEF
>>> It might not take _you_ long, but _I_ don't read Greek and don't have a
>>> copy
>>> of a translation.
>>> :-(
>>
>> You can download Samuel Butler's translation free from:
>>
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2199
>>
>> It's a 19th century translation, and not the translation I'd recommend,
>> but it's better than nothing :)
>>
>> If you want to part with cash, then I'd suggest Richmond Lattimore's
>> translation - University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-46940-9 (paperback
>> - there's a hard backed version too, but I don't have the ISBN for that).
>>
>> As for hair color in the Iliad, cf.
>>
http://www.white-history.com/homer01.htm
>>
>> --
>> Ray
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