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Detail of two men from a drinking party scene on an Attic red-figure calyx-krater (510-500 BC) [1]. In the earliest times the Greeks wore their kómē (κόμη; hair of the head) long, and thus Homer constantly calls them karēkomóōntes (κᾰρηκομόωντες; long-haired).
In Greek literature women including goddesses such as Hera and Aphrodite and mortals such as Penelope, Andromache, and Nausicaa can be described as leukōlenos (λευκώλενος, "white-armed"). [62] [63] Athena is described as having blondish or brownish hair (xanthe (Ξανθή)) [64] and blue, green, or grey eyes.
Various subcategories of blond hair have been defined to describe the different shades and sources of the hair color more accurately. Common examples include the following: Women with blonde hair of different shades at WTMD's First Thursday series in Canton, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, in June 2014. ash-blond: [13] ashen or grayish blond.
In Greek mythology, Xanthe (/ ˈ z æ n θ iː /; Ancient Greek: Ξανθή or Ξάνθη Xanthê means 'blond-haired' [1]) or Xantho may refer to the following divinity and women: Xanthe, one of the 3,000 Oceanids , water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys .
In parts of Europe and North America where blond hair was more common, the pairing of extremely white skin with very dark hair also present among some Circassians was exalted, even in Russia which was at war with the Circassians; Semyon Bronevskii exalted Circassian women for having light skin, dark brown hair, dark eyes and "the lineaments of ...
A bust of Cleopatra VII dated to 40–30 BC, now located at the Vatican Museums, showing her with a "melon" hairstyle and a Hellenistic royal diadem [1]. The ethnicity of Cleopatra VII, the last active Hellenistic ruler of the Macedonian-led Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, has caused debate in some circles.
She tried out chunky blonde highlights around 2002 and then gave face-framing fringe a try in 2003. After that, the star kept going brighter and blonder. She went from honey hues and bright bobs ...
Gold dust also gave the appearance of blond hair and enhanced already blond hair. Emperor Lucius Verus (r. 161 – 169 AD), who had natural blond hair, was said to sprinkle gold dust on his head to make himself even blonder. [18] Marble portrait of a young girl wearing a wig, about 120–230 AD, British Museum