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The sea was never blue

21 mins | Sep 20, 2017

Could Homer not tell what colour the sea was? Or could we never see the same shade that he saw? Maria Michela Sassi looks at how Ancient Greek descriptions of blue suggest that colour is a social and not solely visual experience.

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