purple-fish

Updated: May 8, 2025

Have I passed by the black-tail and the 'thrush', The sea-merle and the shadow of the sea? Best to Corcyra go for cuttlefish, For the acarnè and the fat sea-skull The purple-fish, the little murex too, Mice of the sea and the sea-urchin sweet.

Lucius Apuleius - The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura