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- December 9th, 2019, 3:23 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Colors in Ancient Greek
- Replies: 37
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Re: Colors in Ancient Greek
Here's a very slight revision to my Ancient Greek Color Palette that incorporates a bit more 'brown' into the spectrum of ξανθόν, along with a lighter 'gray' hue in between γλαυκόν and χαραπόν. My lingering doubt is regarding whether or not κόκκινον should be set dead center in the 'bright red' box....
- December 7th, 2019, 11:21 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Colors in Ancient Greek
- Replies: 37
- Views: 29160
Re: Colors in Ancient Greek
Thank you for the encouragement. I'm glad you found my work helpful. It's obviously a work in progress and a continual learning experience. I chose ξανθός for “brown” based on the LSJ definition, which gives “brown, auburn” as meanings in addition to “yellow”. Yeah, ξανθός seems to have more of a ra...
- December 7th, 2019, 1:20 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Colors in Ancient Greek
- Replies: 37
- Views: 29160
Re: Colors in Ancient Greek
I've made some minor tweaks. NOTES: *οἶνοψ - only attested in Homer (rather than "Epic"). *γλαυκόν & χαροπόν - denote colors only later in Archaic period The latter is a bit of a mouthful. I just can't quite think of a way to make it more concise, yet clear. Can anyone think of any oth...
- December 7th, 2019, 4:44 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Colors in Ancient Greek
- Replies: 37
- Views: 29160
Re: Colors in Ancient Greek
Thanks Here's an updated version. I basically flipped everything around. I realized too late that you were seemingly suggesting to go light-dark. But it felt natural to go dark-light based on the other gradations. IDK, maybe it's the phrase "black & white" exuding some influence on my ...
- December 7th, 2019, 3:08 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Colors in Ancient Greek
- Replies: 37
- Views: 29160
Re: Colors in Ancient Greek
Thank you so much!!! Here's a cursory attempt to incorporate those suggestions. I changed up the ordering of the colors, showing red at either side of the colored bands. I moved ὑακίνθινον into a spot at the end of the purple spectrum with a little dark blue and black. Maybe that's a better home for...
- December 6th, 2019, 11:33 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Colors in Ancient Greek
- Replies: 37
- Views: 29160
Re: Colors in Ancient Greek
How's this for an update? Perhaps this is a bit closer to the end goal... Obviously, I've flipped the orientation and blurred the color boundaries with gradients. It may get a little cramped here in the forum layout. But the high resolution version looks better. I've also bridged some of the color s...
- December 6th, 2019, 1:03 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Colors in Ancient Greek
- Replies: 37
- Views: 29160
Re: Colors in Ancient Greek
Wow! First of all, Mike's book recommendations are likely going to get me stuck in a rabbit hole for a while. Thanks for that! ;) So I'll have to rework everything when I come out of the other end. I've started with the 'Linguistic Categorization' title, which is just what the doctor ordered. And Ra...
- December 5th, 2019, 1:27 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Colors in Ancient Greek
- Replies: 37
- Views: 29160
Re: Colors in Ancient Greek
Thank you Barry! That was an interesting link and I got some ideas from the comments. I'm not sure if the theory would hold up under scrutiny - that there was something going on biologically that somehow skewed or stunted the color palettes of the ancients, making them see color differently than we ...
- December 4th, 2019, 8:02 pm
- Forum: Other
- Topic: Colors in Ancient Greek
- Replies: 37
- Views: 29160
Colors in Ancient Greek
I've attempted to put together an Ancient Greek color palette (attached), which I realize can never be totally precise and is likely a mixed bag of anachronisms. But in the absence of a time machine that would allow me to survey native speakers of Ancient Greek to ascertain how they might name vario...
- November 21st, 2019, 12:24 pm
- Forum: Septuagint and Pseudepigrapha
- Topic: 2 Esdras 4
- Replies: 2
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2 Esdras 4
I'm trying to find the Greek vorlage for this translation of 2 Esdras 4 that mentions the angel Uriel:
https://www.biblestudytools.com/gnta/2-esdras/4.html
This doesn't correspond with Nehemiah 4:1 - https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/neh ... onc_417001
https://www.biblestudytools.com/gnta/2-esdras/4.html
This doesn't correspond with Nehemiah 4:1 - https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/neh ... onc_417001