I don't understand why people think "wine-dark" could mean "purple".
Just parse it like normal. This grammatical construction means "as dark as wine"... blue green and red things can all be dark or light.
Besides, can you think of a dark blue liquid the ancient Greeks would have access to? Wine is pretty much the closest thing to a black liquid they'd have laying around the house.
Just parse it like normal. This grammatical construction means "as dark as wine"... blue green and red things can all be dark or light.
Besides, can you think of a dark blue liquid the ancient Greeks would have access to? Wine is pretty much the closest thing to a black liquid they'd have laying around the house.