Odysseus' "Hyacinthine Hair" in "Odyssey" 6.231
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4960688 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Eleanor Irwin, Mark Irwin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 205 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1088933 |
| OpenAlex | W2326375167 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
A there, after slaughtering the suitors, he appeared before Penelope (a far less susceptible woman than Nausicaa) bathed, in fine apparel, with youth restored. The phrase bactv0ivo v, curled like the petals of the hyacinth, or as a colour term, dark like the hyacinth. Eustathius thought that (~elaiva;) was the most likely meaning.2 English poets followed this interpretation and adopted hyacinthine hair as a synonym for black
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2024 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |