> 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
>
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