Homeric Questions and On the Cave of the Nymphs

A bright and glistening, as he said regarding Athena of the gleaming eyes: "Terrible were her eyes shining." Which he said of others, "eyes flashing." And "glaring lions." And Athena "gleaming-eyed," from milk, which is shadowless and for this reason is called white. For the shadow is black, for example: "Shadowed then were all the streets," that is, as the sun was setting, they were darkening. And sharp B is the white, just as the black is blunt. Therefore, the "gleaming-eyed" original: "γλαυκῶπις" is one who sees sharply. From milk and from the shimmer, the sea is also called glaukē gleaming/sea-colored. And the pupil of the eye is glēnē pupil/doll. And "three-pupiled" triglēna three-eyed/bright-eyed earrings, from shining in whiteness. And "in which many glēnea ornaments/bright things were contained," refers not to dirty clothes, but to those glistening because of cleanliness. And when the sea is darkening, Γ he says "the deep is black." But when it is calm and transparent, "White was the great calm." For even "calm" galēnē calm is said from "milk" gala milk. And since the black is sullen, and white is opposed to black, it would be cheerful. And laughter is cheerfulness: "And the whole earth laughed with the brightness of bronze." That is, having been brightened, it became radiant. Think in this way also of D "of the helmets, and breastplates brightly gleaming," from the same radiance. And through the shimmer being made radiant. And he who "rejoices in glory," is he who is dilated and brightened because of his reputation. And since there is light in the eyes, when they look mildly, he calls them "lights" phaea lights from the light in them. For when it dies: "And over his eyes black night covered them." E And when they are turned savage by anger and are inflamed, while anger is still beginning: "They were like to burning fire." And when it is prevailing: "fire from his eyes seeing." For the light is from fire. And even "bloody-looking" is said to be "terrible" because blood is like fire: "And terrible to them he appeared, defiled with brine."