This collection focuses on a translation ambiguity found in the Odyssey where Homer describes the colour of the robes worn by the rhapsodes performing as "porphyra", which gets translated to purple in english. However, the word "porphyra" has a secondary meaning in Ancient Greek, which translates as "to roll without breaking" suggesting that "porphyra" describes not just a colour but also the unfenced sea that the story centres around.