On: The Odyssey by Homer, Translated by Samuel Butler

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+1 to this and let me give a quote:

    Rat,
    pearl,
    onion,
    honey:
    these colours came before the sun
    lifted above the ocean
                   bringing light
    alike to mortals and immortals.

    And through this falling brightness
    through the by now
    mosque,
    eucalyptus,
    utter blue,
            came Thetis,
    gliding across the azimuth,
    with armour the colour of moonlight laid on Her forearms,
    palms upturned towards the sun,
                               hovering above the fleet,
    Her skyish face towards her son,

    Achilles...