Because of one author’s frequent use of this word, William Gladstone hypothesized that the ancient Greeks may have perceived colors very differently. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this compound word, used in an epithet describing the “sea,” often when it is stormy. Berlin and Kay hypothesized that this word was used because cultures develop color words for “blue” last.
ANSWER: wine-dark [or oinops]
[10e] In addition to the epithet “wine-dark sea,” Homer used the color epithet “gray-eyed” to describe this Greek goddess of wisdom, represented by the owl.
ANSWER: Athena [reject “Minerva”]
[10m] Homer describes this goddess of the dawn as “rosy-fingered.” She turned her lover Tithonus into a cicada after he asks for immortal life but forgets to ask for immortal youth.
ANSWER: Aurora [accept Eos]
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