Editing Purple (section)

== Mythology ==
[[Julius Pollux]], a Greek grammarian who lived in the second century AD, attributed the discovery of purple to the Phoenician god and guardian of the city of Tyre, [[Heracles]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/qi/7744089/QI-Quite-Interesting-facts-about-the-colour-purple.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/qi/7744089/QI-Quite-Interesting-facts-about-the-colour-purple.html |archive-date=2022-01-11 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=QI: Quite Interesting facts about the colour purple|last=Mitchinson|first=Compiled by Molly Oldfield and John|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=2010-05-21|access-date=2018-08-14|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{cbignore}}</ref> According to his account, while walking along the shore with the [[nymph]] Tyrus, the god's dog bit into a murex shell, causing his mouth to turn purple. The nymph subsequently requested that Heracles create a garment for her of that same color, with Heracles obliging her demands giving birth to Tyrian purple.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="Grovier"/>