τὸν δὲ χιτῶν᾽ ἐνόησα περὶ χροῒ σιγαλόεντα
οἷόν τε κρομύοιο λοπὸν κάτα ἰσχαλέοιο
τὼς μὲν ἔην μαλακὸς, λαμπρὸς δ᾽ ἦν ἠέλιος ὥς.
“And I saw the shining tunic on his body, like the skin of a dried onion—so soft it was, and bright as the sun.”
[33] Iliad, v., 113; xxi., 31.
[34] Cp. [Fig. 7] (a); the human figure struggling with the Minotaur.
[35] Odyssey, iii., 349.
[36] Ibid., xvii., 86.
[37] Ibid., xiv., 522.
[38] Iliad, ii., 183.