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[QUOTE]Originally posted by BrandonP: [QB] And I don't really want to waste a lot of effort rebutting Antalas. DJ has more stamina for that than I do. But this was funny: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Antalas: [qb]Which greek word exactly was used to describe her ? "black" for greeks could have mean anything from tanned to proper black skin. [/qb][/QUOTE]Did this guy not read the original quotation? [QUOTE]Gazing at her beauty I melt like wax before the fire. If she is black, what is that to me? [qb]So are coals[/qb], but when we burn them, they shine like rosebuds.[/QUOTE]If Asclepiades is likening Didyme's complexion to coals, I don't think he had a light tan in mind. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Coal_bituminous.jpg[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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