The ancient Greeks were beautiful poets. They were able to weave a web of language to describe and explain awe inspiring thoughts and ideas. Not only that, but the poets of Ancient Greece told fantastic stories—despite not having a word for the color blue. If they didn't have a word for it, what did they do to describe it?
An excerpt from Homer's The Odyssey, Book V is often cited when arguing that the Ancient Greeks didn't have a word for the color blue—despite the fact that they had names for other colors. The excerpt says, "..when Zeus had blasted and shattered his swift ship with a bright lightning bolt, out on the wine-dark sea."
As it turns out, a lot of cultures from our past didn't have a word for the color blue. The word 'blue' is not mentioned once in the New Testament. This simple fact has kept historians intrigued for many years, because if we don't have a word for something that exists, our perception of that thing might as well not exist—because we cannot explain it.
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