Women’s beauty standarts in ancient Greece

Was there an analogue of the modern concept of “glamour” in women’s beauty in ancient Greece? Yes, the ancient Greeks had the word “kalokagatia” (variants of translation: “beautiful and kind”, “beautiful and good”), which meant the harmony of external beauty and inner virtues. Famous philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle reasoned about such harmony. What was the external beauty of ancient […]

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