Note 32 — II HOMERIC
Reading edition
Odyssey, xix., 232:
τὸν δὲ χιτῶν᾽ ἐνόησα περὶ χροῒ σιγαλόεντα οἷόν τε κρομύοιο λοπὸν κάτα ἰσχαλέοιο τὼς μὲν ἔην μαλακὸς, λαμπρὸς δ᾽ ἦν ἠέλιος ὥς.
“And I saw the shining tunic on his body, like the skin of a dried onion—so soft it was, and bright as the sun.”