Sarah E. Bond: Once and for all: it is absolute bullshit to say ancient Greeks didn’t have blue. This idea has been debunked so many times it’s laughable. Ancient Origins article today: substack.com/home/post/p-... Kiwi Hellenist debunking it years ago: kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2020/05/anci... stop with this.

Once and for all: it is absolute bullshit to say ancient Greeks didn’t have blue. This idea has been debunked so many times it’s laughable. Ancient Origins article today: substack.com/home/post/p-... Kiwi Hellenist debunking it years ago: kiwihellenist.blogspot.com/2020/05/anci... stop with this.

Hidden Hue: Why Ancient Civilizations Failed to See the Color Blue?substack.com Historical evidence reveals that humans possess the remarkable ability to render certain physical appearances invisible if they do not focus on them, including something as fundamental as a color. Spe...

It also looks like the good citizens of Pompeii over in Italy didn't get the "Ancients Don't Know the Difference Between Blue and Green" memo.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN PEOPLE SAY THEY DIDN'T HAVE BLUE?

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YES. I am so tired of this trope. It's a perfect example of 1) failure of ANY sort of research for online pubs, and 2) the absolutely awful short-term memory of people.

What the fuck did I just start and quickly stop reading?

I shared in a discord and folks loved it, one person is sending it on to their illiad book club!

There was also that great article in The Conversation by Sassi.

Weakest Sapir-Whorf interpretation: how you carve up the color wheel influences how your go-to favorite poetic metaphors will develop. At least, when I'm operating in different languages, that happens for me (not only with regards to color).

Certainly 'caeruleus' is not a word that any ancient ever felt a need to use.

And it makes one wonder why someone in Pompeii painted a room in their house a very expensive color that they could not see. archaeology.org/news/2024/06...

News - Rare “Blue Room” Discovered in Pompeii - Archaeology Magazinearchaeology.org NAPLES, ITALY—CNN reports that a possible sacrarium has been uncovered in a large residential area […]

It made the walls transparent prior to the invention of picture windows.

Next we'll be told that the ancient Romans never went anywhere because they had no concept of roads.

Well, doesn't "road" come from an old Anglo-Saxon word? How were the Romans supposed to learn about roads? Explain THAT.

it’s amazing they couldn’t see that color I see it all the time thank u for telling us this interesting but unusual fact!!

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