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Notes on Color Terminology in the Iliad and the Epic of Gilgamesh
Author(s) -
Kuchni Rolf G.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
color research and application
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1520-6378
pISSN - 0361-2317
DOI - 10.1002/col.5080060410
Subject(s) - epic , terminology , consciousness , literature , art , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology
Color terms in Homer's Iliad and in the Epic of Gilgamesh were studied, and some conclusions are drawn regarding the development of human color consciousness as indicated by the development of color terminology.