The innate desire to look good has been a part of the human experience since before recorded history. The people of Bronze Age Greece (c. 3200 – c. 1100 BC) were no exception, with the men and women of the Mycenaean and Minoan civilizations being very conscious of their beauty.
Even a cursory glance at the surviving frescoes and artifacts from this broad period reveals a myriad of colors and interesting styles the people belonging to these enigmatic civilizations dressed themselves in.
From the historian’s perspective, reconstructing the beauty standards of Bronze Age Greece is not an easy task. Less is known about Greece in the Bronze Age than in later epochs like the Classical and Hellenistic periods, of which a comparative wealth of materials is available. Nevertheless, enough remains in the archaeological record for us to construct a reasonable approximation of what Bronze Age Greeks looked like.
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