Note 168 — Chapter IV · THE PROTO-CHALCITIC OR COPPER AGE OF WEAPONS.
Reading edition
Here Elton, like others of his age, mistranslates Chalcos by ‘brass’:
Their mansions, implements, and armour shine In brass,—dark iron slept within the mine.
Reading edition
Here Elton, like others of his age, mistranslates Chalcos by ‘brass’:
Their mansions, implements, and armour shine In brass,—dark iron slept within the mine.