Chromatic dialogues: colour and culture in Homer, Herodotus and the Hebrew Bible

Colour and culture are closely intertwined. Yet ancient texts – such as Homeric epic, Herodotus’ Histories and the Hebrew Bible – are still translated and interpreted with the assumption that the ancients perceived, classified and understood colour in the same way we do today. The conceptualisation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lyell, Ellena
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2021
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/64742/