The line is attributed to the goddess of beauty and sexual desire in a book of Byzantine epigrams. She has been perturbed by the accuracy of a statue carved by Praxiteles, the most celebrated sculptor in Greece in the 4th Century BCE. The original statue in question — the Aphrodite of Knidos — does not survive to the present day, although various copies do. The nude goddess is caught somewhere between flaunting her immortal beauty and concealing it, rather ineffectually, behind her hand. The statue was widely regarded as one of the most desirable of its time, literally and metaphorically. One story told by Lucian describes a nobleman who becomes obsessed with the statue and spends the night in the temple precincts just to be near it. Too much beauty — we are left in no doubt — can be a dangerous thing. In fact, he only had to look across the room to his girlfriend, Phryne.
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James Robson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. A new exhibition at the British Museum promises to lift the lid on what beauty meant for the ancient Greeks. But while we gaze at the serene marble statues on display — straining male torsos and soft female flesh — are we seeing what the ancients saw?
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Greek women do not look like any European nation. They give a unique to this corner of the earth. The Greeks are represented as southerners with low growth, hot blood and typical Mediterranean appearance. The main thing they have are their eyes of bright turquoise color, resembling a sea wave in a clear sunny day.
In ancient Greek society, women's fashion was associated with the prevailing historical, social, economic, and cultural conditions. Fashion followed the social evolution of women and concluded to characterize them within society. In the male-dominated society of ancient Greece, women were meant to become good wives, run the household and bear an heir. However, some elite women managed to break the social norms and cultivated independence of thought. They expressed their creativity through garments but also through jewelry, hairstyles, and cosmetics. Clothing served as decoration and signaled the status of a woman. Much of our knowledge of ancient greek clothing comes from marble sculptures. That is why many people assume that people in ancient Greece wore exclusively white clothes.
