05-04-2009, 05:26 PM
I don't know about bleaching hair, but there is mention by Athenaeus and Menander that Athenian women darkened their light eyebrows and hair. Perhaps the fashion was to look more like near easterners or Egyptians?
Paul M. Bardunias
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"
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A Spartan, being asked a question, answered "No." And when the questioner said, "You lie," the Spartan said, "You see, then, that it is stupid of you to ask questions to which you already know the answer!"