Re: [tied] Re: The indo european "race"

> Siglo:
> >By the way, how can you tell he was mediterranean and darker skinned
> >if the surviving statues have no color any longer?
> Ever seen painted pottery before??

Even texts are no great help. Latin and Greek colour words are notoriously
difficult to interpret ("purple snow" etc). Just what would "flavus" mean
applied to hair? Anything from mouse to honey to mud to ginger (rufus).
It is applied to the sea (Ennius), and the Tiber.

What is being translated as "blond" may simply be "light brown".

Peter