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Stobaeus, Volume I
John Stobaeus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordHalourgēs and related halourgos describe a purple associated with sea dye.
- In StobaeusThe Timaeus mixture account produces purple from red, black, and white.
- In this edition“Purple” is fluent; “sea-purple” helps distinguish the Greek term when several purple names occur together.
- A place to beginPurple is one result in the proposed color mixtures.
- English renderings
- sea-purple; purple
Meaning
Halourgēs and related halourgos describe a purple associated with sea dye. The color use does not require a discussion of dye manufacture in every passage.
Use in the book
The Timaeus mixture account produces purple from red, black, and white. The rainbow report uses sea-purple alongside another purple term and distinguishes both from scarlet. The lexicon preserves these lexical contrasts without assigning exact modern color values.
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Translation in this edition
“Purple” is fluent; “sea-purple” helps distinguish the Greek term when several purple names occur together.
Source note
Wachsmuth, volume I, printed pp. 151, 239. The attested forms belong to related adjectives. The mixture account is an ancient physical explanation, not a tested pigment recipe.