language evolution

I heard someone mention yesterday the phrase from Homer, 'the wine-dark sea'. This has been quoted as suggesting that there was no word for blue in antiquity. It was questioned that could it show a change in our perception overtime? He was not the only person to use this phrase to describe the...

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