Reference point: Homer Odyssey 11.142-3 23.309-10. Prometheus Bound l. 468 refers to ships as linen-winged chariots. Linen which like banks of oars tends to look wrinkled and chariots are associated with power luxury and ceremony
reference-type: Book
author: Homer and Fagles, Robert
year: 1996
title: The Odyssey
place-published: New York
publisher: Viking
note: Homer ; translated by Robert Fagles ; introduction and notes by Bernard Knox. 24 cm.
pages: x, 541 p.
otx-key: Fagles-1996