porphureē ‘purple’

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Iliad 3.125-128

... n weaves at I.03.126: this diplax ‘pattern-woven fabric that folds in two’ is described in some medieval manuscripts as porphureē ‘purple’ but in others as marmareē ‘gleaming’. For more on th ... Continue reading

Iliad 22.440–441

... at Andromache weaves: this diplax ‘pattern-woven fabric that folds in two’ is described in some medieval manuscripts as porphureē ‘purple’ but in others as marmareē ‘gleaming’. And we find th ... Continue reading