The same part of the brook, from another POV, at noon when the sun is perpendicular. Here you can see the brilliance at its most. The latin word for the color of the brook's water was 'flavus', or 'fulvus' that is yellow-red. In Greek the word is 'xanthos', which means yellow, yellow-red, blond and even greenish. It is a name of rivers and river gods, such as the river near Troy. It is also a name for horses, for example one of Achilles's horses, one of the Dioskuroi twins' horses etc. The adjective 'xanthos' referred to a horse means 'bay', that is a reddish-brown animal, especially a horse having a black mane and tail. It is curious that the color of Homer's heroes' hair was either 'xanthos' or 'kyaneos'. Achilles's and Ulysess' hair color was 'xanthos'. The Greek word for dark blue, 'kyaneos', could also mean dark green, violet, black or brown. The ancient Greek word for a light blue, 'glaukos', also could mean light green, grey, or yellow, Yet we don't have to think that Hector's 'kyanos' hair was actually blue. In fact in Serbian, a southern Slavic language, there is an adjective, zuto',zute', commonly used for yellow, but when it is referred to a person's hair, to mean 'blond', Serbians use the word 'plava', blue. Hence 'plava kosa' means blond (blue) hair. It looks that Serbian was very conservative about hair color. Thanks for your kind comments.