The Mycenaeans and Minoans of Bronze Age Greece adopted a variety of beauty practices to enhance their appearances.

Most common people wore fairly plain clothes. Only wealthy people ... in oil lamps and cosmetics. Men and women usually ate separately in ancient Greece. Everyone ate with their fingers, so ...

Image caption, Most common people wore fairly plain clothes. Only wealthy people ... Suntans weren't cool in ancient Greece, so women put white lead on their face to make their skin pale.

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women ...