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To: yesthatjallen

She is beautiful. She’s just not an Ancient Greek.


28 posted on 02/02/2026 9:17:49 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Sirius Lee

Homer described her thus:

“White-armed Helen” (λευκώλενος Ἑλένη) — white skin, untouched by Sun, softness, aristocratic beauty

“Fair-haired” / “beautiful-haired” — implies light or shining hair

“Helen like the goddesses” — her beauty is repeatedly compared to that of immortals

“Lovely-cheeked” — a conventional Homeric marker of female beauty

Euripedes was more explicit:

Fair hair, glossy, flowing, and long
Whitest of skin


45 posted on 02/02/2026 9:30:28 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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