So to inquire of whether Achilles and Odysseus are black or white are at one degree to misread Homer.
So to inquire of whether Achilles and Odysseus are black or white are at one degree to misread Homer. ‘Black’ (melas) and ‘white’ (leukos) are also – importantly – gendered terms: females are praised if you are ‘white-armed’, but men never ever are. This differentiation discovers its way in to the conventions of Greek (as…