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Wine-dark sea (Homer) Wine-dark sea is a traditional English translation of oînops póntos ( οἶνοψ πόντος, IPA: /ôi̯.nops pón.tos/), from oînos ( οἶνος, "wine") + óps ( ὄψ, "eye; face"), a Homeric epithet. Karlovasi, Greece - demonstrating color variation in the Mediterranean Sea.
Homer’s “wine-dark sea” has puzzled scholars for centuries, leading to ...
The adjective ωἷνοψ in the phrase translated ‘the wine-dark sea’ is normally regarded as a formulaic epithet, a meaningless romantic flourish evoking the colour or texture of wine.
The Wine-Dark Sea is the sixteenth historical novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by British author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1993. The story is set during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.
- Patrick O'Brian
- 1993
The famous likening of the sea to wine has endured through ages, from at least the late eighth century bc, the composition date of the Iliad and the phrase “wine-dark” is now so securely lodged in our collective consciousness as to be known even by people who have never read Homer.
28 de jun. de 2018 · A1: Blue, sometimes green. Q2: Is it red? A2: No. Q3: Is the sea dark? A3: Uhh, well I guess at midnight its black. But no, Homer’s ‘Wine-Dark’ Sea is the Blue Sea. Oinops means blue. Q4:...
13 de feb. de 2024 · The wine dark sea: Homer's heroic epic of the North Atlantic. by. Henriette Mertz. Publication date. 1964-01-01. Publisher. Mertz. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
