I was wondering about this after seeing Austin's note in his Aeneid 1 commentary:
"not our 'pale,' but a yellowish off-colour, the result of sickliness or disease or, as here, decomposition"
So would something like "sallow" be a better word to use, or is just "pale" fine?
I do find it funny that on the very next page, he refers to Sychaeus (whose pallida ora were the focus of the above note) as "the pale murdered ghost".
"not our 'pale,' but a yellowish off-colour, the result of sickliness or disease or, as here, decomposition"
So would something like "sallow" be a better word to use, or is just "pale" fine?
I do find it funny that on the very next page, he refers to Sychaeus (whose pallida ora were the focus of the above note) as "the pale murdered ghost".