[PW] A curious dye

[John P. Dyson]

Quoting Brian Whatcott <betwys1 at sbcglobal.net>:

> At 07:46 AM 5/12/2008, Peter MacInnis, you wrote:
>> John P. Dyson wrote:
>> > Quoting Peter Macinnis <petermacinnis at ozemail.com.au>:
>> >
>> >> My source is 'Scientific American, 16 March, 1859, page 240.
>> ///
>> >> cheers
>> >
>> >
>> > Peter, check out Aristophanes' speech in Plato's _Symposium_.
>>
>> Thanks, John.  I did that, and got no further ahead.
>
> ///
>
> Me too. Apart from the lofty moral sentiments, I saw no
> actual reference to (ferinstance) flea blood etc.,
> the which now names a fetching fashion shade...


I thought the query was about teaching mankind humility, not fleas as 
the lesson:

Zeus "bade Apollo give the face and the half of the neck a turn in 
order that man might contemplate the section of himself: he would thus 
learn a lesson of humilty."

I guess not.

John Dyson