Generally, Greek hair is black, and blond hair is very rare, so it is very precious. Many women and some men dye their hair blonde, and some people use this method to hide their old white hair. Both men and women use hair tonic and use it to protect their tanned hair, while women mix perfume into hair tonic. In the 6th century BC, both men and women in Greece had long hair, which was usually braided on their heads or hung behind their heads. By the 5th century BC, women's hair styles had undergone various changes: they were tied in a bun and hung low behind their necks, or hung over their shoulders, or wrapped around their necks and hung over their chests. Women like to tie their hair with colorful ribbons, and then decorate the ribbon on their foreheads with a jewel. After the marathon, men began to cut their hair; After Alexander ruled, he began to shave with a sickle-shaped iron razor. Barbers not only cut hair, shave and trim nails, but also help customers with plastic surgery before going out to be guests. Use thick cork as the sole, pad the defective parts with fillers, and tie the waist tightly with a belt. Tas City in Miri, Asia Minor, Malaysia, once set off a trend of female nature, but it suddenly stopped completely and no women committed suicide. It turned out that the government issued an order that all women who committed suicide had to walk through the downtown area naked when they went to the funeral.
Every decent woman has all kinds of mirrors, pins, hairpins, pins, tweezers, combs, perfume bottles, rouge and ointment boxes. Apply lead or vermicelli to cheeks and lips; Eyebrow ash or antimony powder painting; Antimony powder or eye socket ink for eye socket wiping; After the eyelashes are blackened, they are lined with a mixture of protein and ammonia glue; Oils and emulsions are used to remove wrinkles, freckles and spots. They put makeup on their faces for hours and their patience was amazing. When a character in an Athenian comedy attacked a woman's makeup, she gave a thorough description; "When I go out in summer, I have two black marks on my eyes; Sweat forms a red ditch between your cheek and neck; Hair is bleached by white lead powder when it touches the face. "
Because water is limited, rich people only take a bath once or twice a day. The soap used is a paste made of olive oil and alkali and then coated with sesame oil. Most people will put oil on their bodies when they take a bath without water, and then scrape off the oil with a crescent scraper.
Greek clothes are mainly two square pieces of cloth, loose robes, while women are robes, usually white. They don't want to wear hats, thinking that hats will make their hair unable to absorb water and turn white prematurely. Wearing sandals, high heels or boots, but no one wants to wear socks. Athenians, both men and women, used jewelry to show off their income. Men wear at least one ring, while women are fully armed from head to toe. Athens law once stipulated that women should not carry more than three sets of clothes when traveling.
Offshore convenience, trade opportunities and freedom of economic and political life have formed the unprecedented keenness and liveliness of Athenian character and thought. Ordinary Athenians are hedonists. They like wine. However, they think that it is harmful to people to get drunk often. They despise stupidity more than they hate evil. Clear thinking and clear expression seem to be sacred. They are impatient with twists and turns and regard extensive and knowledgeable speech as the highest pastime of civilized people. Curiosity gave birth to Greek science All they can think about is their own money. When doing business, they are red in the face for bargaining, and they are just talking. When they can't fight foreign countries, they quarrel with each other. They are not sentimental people by nature and will not let tragic poets cry like that. They are kind to animals and cruel to people. They often torture slaves who have made no mistakes, and they can be jealous after killing innocent people in the city. However, they are generous to the poor or disabled.
They neither pray for the conscience of people who have accumulated virtue, nor do they want to have a noble sense of honor. For Greeks, the best life is a full life, that is, a life full of health, energy, beauty, enthusiasm, wealth, adventure and thinking.
The Athenians in the 5th century BC were not moral models. They attach importance to the law, but apart from their own children, they rarely have the idea of benefiting others, and they never want to love their neighbors as much as themselves. Usually, we greet each other with "happy", and then we talk about the weather like other places.
Hospitality is the outstanding virtue of the Athenians. Strangers who are not introduced are also welcome. For example, visitors with letters of introduction from friends can be accepted and sometimes get parting gifts. Wealthy families give generously to public and private charities, and at the same time set up charities with various relief agencies to take care of foreigners, the poor, the sick and the elderly. The government gives pensions to disabled soldiers and raises orphans of fallen soldiers at public expense. The Greeks may also admit that honesty is a virtue, but they are as opportunistic as possible. Although there are inspectors in the government, cheating phenomena such as adulteration of goods, deduction of weight and lever fulcrum of balance are still everywhere. The fishmonger was called an "assassin". When Sparta occupied Derbyshire Cathedral in violation of the von Peace Treaty, someone asked the king of Sparta the rationality of this action. He replied: "As long as you ask whether it is beneficial, everything that is beneficial to our country is reasonable." As a result, peace treaties have been broken, commitments have been broken and special envoys have been killed repeatedly.
The wedding and funeral customs in Athens are ancient and interesting. An engagement wedding will be held at the woman's house before marriage, and a wedding reception will be held a few days later. Before attending the wedding banquet, both men and women should bathe and purify at home. At the banquet, the men and women of the two families sat on both sides of the room. Then, the groom took the bride in veil and white robe to the carriage and returned to the man's house in the torch and wedding March. On arrival, the groom lifted the bride over the threshold as a symbol of capture.
Old people must be cremated or buried after death. A general who triumphed from the Aginius Islands was executed because he was blocked by a storm and failed to bury the dead soldiers. Before burial, the body should be bathed, perfumed, put on flowers, put on the best clothes and put a coin between the teeth. After parking for three days, all participants should wear black clothes and cut off all or part of their hair as a souvenir for the deceased. Pour wine on the tomb of the deceased, slaughter the mouth to pay homage, and put garlands or cypress branches on the tomb.