The Body Beautiful: Ancient Greeks, Good Looks and Glamour

The Body Beautiful: Ancient Greeks, Good Looks and Glamour

Documentary 2015

Available on Prime Video, BBC Select

Why were the Ancient Greeks so obsessed with nudes and immortalizing the body? Classicist Natalie Haynes leads us on a journey into ancient beauty and modern glamor in this illuminating BBC history documentary. She examines how our current obsession with looking good goes back thousands of years to the time of Troy. Can these figures from the past teach us anything about modern bodily obsessions?

Documentary 2015

TV-G

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The Body Beautiful: Ancient Greeks, Good Looks and Glamour

Why were the Ancient Greeks so obsessed with nudes and immortalizing the body? Classicist Natalie Haynes leads us on a journey into ancient beauty and modern glamor in this illuminating BBC history documentary. She examines how our current obsession with looking good goes back thousands of years to the time of Troy. Can these figures from the past teach us anything about modern bodily obsessions?

28 min Apr 8, 2015 TV-G

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The Body Beautiful: Ancient Greeks, Good Looks and Glamour

DOCUMENTARY

Why were the Ancient Greeks so obsessed with nudes and immortalizing the body? Classicist Natalie Haynes leads us on a journey into ancient beauty and modern glamor in this illuminating BBC history documentary. She examines how our current obsession with looking good goes back thousands of years to the time of Troy. Can these figures from the past teach us anything about modern bodily obsessions?

Information

Studio: BBC Studios
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2015
Rated: TV-G
Region of Origin: United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio: English (United Kingdom)
Audio and Subtitles: English (United Kingdom) (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.