No, the Ancient Greeks Weren’t Color Blind. They Justed Had Unique Ways to Describe the World
History Unplugged Podcast
History Unplugged
4.2 • 4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | At Honda, we decided to stop listening to what Kastu for a moment, |
| 0:04.0 | and instead start listening to all the things Hanz do. |
| 0:07.4 | They carry scratch, open clothes, zip, chop, spread, |
| 0:12.6 | shakes, poor, mix, fix, fold, type, tear. |
| 0:18.4 | Isn't it time we gave Hanz a rest? |
| 0:20.8 | With Keel's entry, a tailgate that opens with the wave of a foot, |
| 0:25.8 | voice controlled into tape and automatically adjusting seats. |
| 0:31.3 | The Honda CRV hybrid. What do you think, Hanz? |
| 0:36.3 | Honda with power of dreams, available on selected craves. |
| 0:41.0 | This episode is brought to you by Slack. With Slack, you can bring all your people and tools |
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| 1:08.2 | DHQ. |
| 1:16.1 | History isn't just a bunch of memes and dates and facts. It's the collection of all the stories |
| 1:21.0 | throughout human history that explain how and why we got here. Welcome to the History |
| 1:25.7 | Unplugged Podcast, where we look at the forgotten, neglected, strange, and even counterfactual |
| 1:31.5 | stories that made our world what it is. I'm your host, Scott Rank. |
| 1:36.9 | For centuries, historians thought that the ancient Greeks couldn't see the color blue. |
| 1:53.4 | Well, not all of them, but those that were baffled by Homer's description of the sea as being |
| 1:58.5 | wine dark. Well, some thought this was poetic license, but 19th century British Prime Minister |
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