This "wine-dark sea" conclusion is bullshit. "Wine dark" is a translation of a phrase( http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/sea/winelike-sea http://www.laphamsquart

This "wine-dark sea" conclusion is bullshit. "Wine dark" is a translation of a phrase( http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/sea/winelike-sea http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/sea/winelike-sea) , oínopa pónton, that fits the meter used: http://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/20/science/homer-s-sea-wine-dark.html http://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/20/science/homer-s-sea-wine-d... . It's about more than color: http://www.jstor.org/stable/642564?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents http://www.jstor.org/stable/642564?seq=1#page_scan_tab_conte...