Female beauty and male attraction in Ancient Greece /

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Author / Creator:	Massey, Preston T., author.
Imprint:	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2020]
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Beauty, Personal -- Greece -- History. Beauty, Personal Greece History
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13563607

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ISBN:	152755564X 9781527555648
Notes:	Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 14, 2020).
Summary:	This engaging study documents how ancient Greeks perceived the qualities of female hair as both alluring and attractive, and, therefore, seductive and dangerous. In this sense, ancient Greeks viewed feminine hair differently than it is perceived today. While modern culture can identify with ancient culture by considering a woman's hair to be sexually attractive, ancient Greek culture took this issue one step further by placing an uncovered woman's hair on the same emotional level as a bare breast. One of the principal elements of this historical study is how ancient Greek men tried to deal wit.
Other form:	Print version: Massey, Preston T. Female Beauty and Male Attraction in Ancient Greece. Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher, ©2020 9781527552098

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