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A Homer Commentary in Progress

similes about hair compared to flowers

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Odyssey 6.231

Gregory Nagy

The comparison of hair here to hyacinth blossoms is analogous to the comparison of hair with myrtle blossoms, as at I.17.051–052. The comparison of hair here to hyacinth blossoms i ... Continue reading