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Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age is a book written by four-time British Prime Minister William Gladstone in 1858, discussing a range of issues in Homer including an original thesis on colour perception in Ancient Greece. [1] Gladstone was M.P. for the University of Oxford at the time of publication, but had been trained as a classicist.
Gladstone, William Ewart (1841). The State in its relations with the Church (4th ed.). London: John Murray – via Internet Archive. Gladstone, William Ewart (1858). Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age. Oxford: At The University Press – via Internet Archive., volume 1, volume 2, volume 3. Gladstone, William Ewart (1868).
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One of the first to observe Homer's description of colours was British statesman William Gladstone. [2] In his 1858 book Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Gladstone analysed all aspects of Homer's mythical world, to discover a total absence of blue from the poet's descriptions of the Greek natural scenery.
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Gladstone was a Homeric scholar and in his writings, notably Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, expressed that, because there was virtually a lack of color terminology in Homeric Greek literature, Greeks could probably not see color the same way people see color today.
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